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TAKE YOUR SEATS
The West End is a wonderfully liberating place. The bright lights,
big musicals, and stages with the power to transform the most
unassuming individuals into stars lend Theatreland a sense of
palpable glamour that can be found nowhere else. Little wonder
then that there are plenty of gay icons associated with the
creativity, beauty, glamour, and culture of the West End.

This little list is just a selection of There is nothing unnatural about him and learns a valuable lesson 4) Matthew Bourne 5) John Barrowman
a few of the West End’s greatest it…That it should be so, the world about judging people based on The man behind the groundbreaking Perhaps a strange addition to a list
icons. does not understand. The world stereotypes. Remind anyone of 1995 production of Swan Lake containing Oscar Wilde and Noël
mocks at it, and sometimes puts anything? with an all-male company of Coward, but John Barrowman is
1) Oscar Wilde one in the pillory for it. swans, Matthew Bourne is a much more than just a dashing
Well I had to, didn’t I? Oscar 3) Noël Coward true Theatreland treasure. He is Time Agent and West End reality
Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde 2) Billy Elliot considered by many to be the UK’s show judge.
was a writer and poet who Not the character, but the entire most successful choreographer and
dedicated himself to the pursuit of show. has three Drama Desk Awards, two
beauty, art, and pleasure. His only Tony Awards, an Evening Standard
novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Award, an Olivier, and an OBE to
stands as a moment to those noble prove it.
pursuits and his plays, which were
once considered so controversial, He has choreographed for many
are now considered to be among The enduring image of Noël mainstream West End shows
the greats. Coward is one of timeless including Oliver!, My Fair Lady,
elegance; a dashing gent in a silk and Mary Poppins. However, it The Barrowman has been
dressing gown with a cigarette is his daring dance productions performing in the West End since
holder balanced gently between which have really earned him his 1989, taking on roles ranging
his fingers. He was a writer, an place on this list. from Raoul in Phantom of the
artist, a singer, a dancer, and an Opera to Zaza/Albin in La Cage
all-round star of the stage and Aux Folles. His unashamedly camp
screen. performance style is a delight
Billy Elliot is more than just a in a time when the West End is
show, it’s jaw-on-the-floor, life- Coward wrote 50 plays in a career awash with ex-pop stars taking
affirming stuff. With music by that spanned six decades and has themselves far too seriously.
Wilde’s Salome was banned in Elton John and a staggering nine a West End theatre named after His roles in Doctor Who and
1892 for the depiction of biblical Olivier Award nominations under him. His plays continue to be Torchwood brought Captain Jack
characters on stage and his its belt, Billy Elliot has earned performed around the world, often Harkness, an omni-sexual time
masterpiece, The Importance its place as one of the West End’s with impressive casts. A recent traveller, into our living rooms.
of Being Earnest, was seldom best-loved shows. West End production of Private Playing such a character so boldly
performed after the public Lives starred Sex and the City’s His world-famous production of on a family show such as Doctor
humiliation of Wilde’s arrest and But where does the gay icon bit Kim Cattrall. Swan Lake gave male dancers Who struck a blow to homophobia
trial for “gross indecency”. This come in? Step back and think about Like many living in the early 20th the opportunity to explore new and snuck a message about
trial and others like it remain a the plot of Billy Elliot. A young lad Century, Coward never publicly roles which historically had been acceptance in among all the lasers
stain on British legal history, an growing up in a northern mining acknowledged his homosexuality. reserved for women. His ballet and spaceships.
ugly but poignant reminder that town is different, the slightly He was not ashamed, he merely version of Edward Scissorhands
it once was illegal for one man to feminine kind of different. Despite considered his private life to be invited a young, trendy audience For London Shows, companies
simply love another. the protestations and shame of his his own business and believed that into the sometimes stuffy world of such as www.Show-and-Stay.
working class family he succeeds “any sexual activities, when over- classical dance and his upcoming co.uk offer theatre and hotel
When questioned about “the love in his endeavours, becomes a advertised, are tasteless.” Lord of the Flies dance drama deals. Great if you want to make
that dare not speak its name”Wilde ballet dancer, and shows them all aims to lift the stigma sometimes the most of the capital and turn
spoke defiantly and passionately, that anyone can be whatever the attached to young men working in your visit into a full weekend.
saying: “It is beautiful, it is fine, hell they want to be. the performing arts.
it is the noblest form of affection. In the end Billy’s dad accepts

THE BEST MEDICINE TOUR


Direct from his own BBC2 series The off Let’s Dance for Sport Relief, appearing also starred in the critically acclaimed
Stephen K Amos Show and starring in BBC regularly on The One Show and The Wright production of ‘Talk Radio’ at the
One’s Live at the Apollo, Stephen K Amos Stuff (C5) and guesting on Have I Got News Edinburgh Festival 2006,
is back on the road for 2011. For You(BBC One), Mock the Week (BBC directed by Stewart
Two) and Stand Up For The Week (Channel Lee and he appeared
Following last year’s hugely successful UK 4). He has also developed a keen interest in the West End and
tour – where he played to 60,000 – Amos in food and cookery following his hilarious Edinburgh run of
is back with his special brand of melt-in- contribution to Celebrity Masterchef (BBC2) ‘One Flew Over The
the-middle comedy, to cheer us up, make us and BBC One’s Saturday Kitchen and is now Cuckoo’s Nest’,
forget the doom and gloom and show what much in demand on the foodie circuit. alongside Christian
has just been medically proven, that laughter Slater.
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and critics with his performances on stage,
Amos has charmed and entertained audiences and screen, and has proved not only a gift for
all over the world with his easy, relaxed style, comedy but also for more serious roles.  He
intelligent wit and honest warmhearted was Sir Benjamin Backbite in RB Sheridan’s
joie de vivre. The last few years have seen farce The School for Scandal at the Edinburgh
Stephen steadily become a household name Festival 2009, alongside Lionel Blair,
– recently starring in BBC One’s dance- Marcus Brigstocke and Phil Nichol.  He has

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WHATS ON TOP TEN
MANCHESTER
UNEXPECTED VALENTINES
DAY GIFTS
Every year at Christmas we get unwanted gifts. But what about on Valentine’s Day?
We thought of the most unexpected, inappropriate and poorly planned gifts we’ve
received over the years for your delectation.

Village entertainment 10
A whip, chains and a gag, which of course he wants you to wear. And there you
thought he was only interested in a bit of slap and tickle. The only solution is
to go all dominant and make him wear the clobber instead.
For anyone in the know, the place to be the bar in the next month or so. The big mid-
seen if you were visiting The Gay Village week night at Queer is their TRANNYOKE
was Canal Street but times have changed TUESDAY with drag queen Jessica Barge,
and the recession has hit The Village hard if you haven’t experienced this night – treat

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and now the only place that any self- yourself! A second-hand DVD copy of Top Gun. Because it’s
respecting gay should be seen is the so his favourite film and now he’ll have something to
called “gay quarter” of Canal Street. That You can’t really write a piece about Queer
watch while he’s round at yours. Yeah. Thanks.
is the owner operated venues Churchills, without tipping your hat to the now legendary
Queer, Velvet and Taurus at the top end of after hours event that is Mornin Glory. Every
Canal Street. Saturday/Sunday from 4am til 10am this is
one of those Manchester institutions that will

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  Queer Café Bar opened some 7 years ago rightly take its place in clubbing history along
and its rise to the top has been phenomenal. Bathroom scales. Because if you didn’t think you
with the likes of The Hacienda, Danceteria
By day it’s a place to catch up with friends, and the like. were fat before, you do now.
check your profile on the free internet/wifi
or grab a bite to eat from the inexpensive   Ultimately, the success of a bar like Queer
but extensive menu but its at night that this is that at different times of the day or night,
venue really comes alive. Upstairs in Queer it serves the needs of the people in The Gay
the soundtrack is contemporary dance with Village. Serving great food in the day and

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the likes of Alan Stevens and Aphrodite on great entertainment or music at night. Enzyte penis enlargement pills. See above. See also
the decks whilst downstairs in Glam Bar the number five.
music is most definitely pop. On the subject of The venue can rightly claim to be “The
Glam – watch out for some major changes to Leading Gay Lifestyle Bar”

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A battered copy of He’s Just Not that Into You. To which
the only good response is to batter him.

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A laminated copy of Sex for Dummies (Miniature
Edition). We responded by shoving all 128 pages
where fucktards take it best and pointing out the
irony of him giving us a miniature edition. At least you can
wipe it clean afterwards.

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Bald Guyz Head Wipes. I mean, seriously? Or were they intended
for use around a freshly shaven ballsack, maybe?

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A Happy Meal. Some of us might look like we enjoy fast
food a little too much, and we all love a good toy, but
this week McDonald’s were giving away Mr Potato Head
when we really wanted Buzz Lightyear. Get it right!

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Sexually transmitted infections. There’s nothing
that smacks of commitment and fidelity like a bad
case of the clap on Valentine’s Day!

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The Moluccan Cockatoo. It’s officially one of the
noisiest birds in existence. It’s also one of the most
long-lived (at 80 years). So when the relationship
is dead and gone, you’ll still be clearing out crap from some
shrill loudmouth who’s always ruffling feathers.

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LOVE, ACTUALLY?
A giant glittery card filled with sentiment, a selection of soppy love songs blasting out from the iPod docking station and a bunch of
scented candles sprawled out across the top of the porn drawer; it must be that time again, it must be Valentine’s Day!  Twenty-four
hours of unadulterated love, wrapped up with a big kiss and the guaranteed chance of some much needed bedroom athletics.  Ah,
perfect bliss.  However on the flip-side often the truth is TWENTY-FOUR HOURS spent staring at your Hollyoaks Hunks calendar whilst
screaming to the high heavens demanding to know why you are single?!  Love it or hate it there are two ways to view Valentine’s Day; the
love-filled way that is perfect and magical and the way that many boys relate to, the way known as ‘harsh reality’.  Welcome to Valentine’s
Day, You’ll learn to understand it.

Hoped for that has been written on the calendar


(in permanent marker) ever since the Real
Valentine’s Valentine’s
unsuspecting guy agreed to the date and is
set to become the most sexy, yet intimate,
event of the year. 
Day IN THE KNOW:
Day
LOVE STORY: Being in love with the hottest guy in town TRUE STORY:
and knowing exactly where you stand. MAKING A MEAL OF IT:
Ah Valentine’s Day, the ultimate day Ah Valentine’s Day, a constant reminder of
Sitting with the other half in a cramped
with which to express undying love for a bunch of dead saints all named Valentine
BREAKING BARRIERS: wine bar (next to the door), with a bunch
a superhot sexy guy.  A day filled with who were either interrogated, involved in
Love transcending all boundaries, including of wilting Daffs in the middle of the table,
romance, intimacy and passion that has love paganism or executed; which is about as
culture, language, social and religious whilst the greatest hits of Barbara Streisand
connections dating back to the writings of romantic as a night in reading The Da Vinci
beliefs to create the greatest love of all gets stuck on repeat.  Oh and there’s no
poet and author Geoffrey Chaucer.  Code whilst Eastenders plays out in the
time between two soul mates of equal garlic bread or cheesy chips on the menu,
background.
standing.  The sort of love that makes all no sparkling wine on chill and there’s a
SAFE TEXT:  
the other boys happy that you’ve found ‘The distinct lack of mayonnaise sachets in the
Writing intelligent, witty, yet naughty texts TAKE A DIRTY PICTURE:
One’ at long last, whilst at the same time condiments tub.
to tease and excite a hunk into the bedroom.  Receiving a dirty, yet crappy picture of
Texts that are so cleverly written that they your happiness puts a smile on the face of some random guy’s winkle, that was clearly
even the most bitter of old queens down CONFUSED.COM:
should be documented in the Official Gay intended for someone else of less discerning
your local. Being in love with the hottest guy in town
Handbook Of Romantic Verses and used taste!  Not only that, but a picture so
and convincing yourself you know exactly
to teach other boys how to be cute little disturbingly amateur that even cheap
MY ENDLESS LOVE: where you stand.
Cupids.  homemade porn sites wouldn’t give it away
Loving unconditionally. for free and at times it looks less like a willy
MAKING BARRIERS:
GIVING: and more like a small root vegetable. 
Love transcending all boundaries, including
Searching for the perfect gift for the best
culture, language, social and religious
boyfriend... in the universe… ever!  A search RECEIVING:
beliefs... until realisation has set in that
that is so intense that it involves cancelling Knowing that almost £1.3 billion a year
you’re never going to get more than a quick
a spray tan session and then looking high is spent on cards, chocolates and novelty
fumble around the back (of the pub, that is),
and low, long and hard, in order to make crap that could have instead been spent
because he’s got a boyfriend who he says
the most important man feel extra special, on iTunes vouchers, a shopping spree at
he loves
because he is worth every precious penny.  Harvey Nics or downloading emo porn! 
Seriously, there’s a lot of porn out there and
HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU:
EATING OUT: £1.3 billion would certainly keep guyliner-
Loving unconditionally... after two bottles
Wining and dining the fella of your dreams wearing-emos gyrating for quite some
of wine, three shots of Cherry Sourz and a
over a romantic candlelit meal for two that time; especially with a superfast broadband
rum and Diet Coke
includes flowers, chilled tunes and exotic connection. 
aromas in a picturesque bistro.  A night

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BITES WHATS ON
MANCHESTER

Sleep stylishly Mini Gay Now That’s


Gingerlily gives the discerning gentleman a helping hand to
create a statement look in the bedroom with its range of Boyfriend What I call
stylish, masculine bedding. From navy and grey reversible
silk sheets, to the striking black Montague silk bedspread and
crisp, cool silver tones of Dandy & Vienna, a well-dressed bed
The first gay themed game to appear on the iPhone is available
to download from the App Store now.  Mini Gay Boyfriend has
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A successful day stems from a good night’s sleep. Gingerlily


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night’s sleep. The game,  which features nine separate challenges,  starts by Each week Disco Inferno features a favourite artist
rewarding players for well-timed winks, precision hugs and but this month Monday nights will feature a favourite
www.gingerlily.co.uk perfectly placed kisses. But squeeze too tight, or give the wrong music genre.
signals and things won’t last. 
  
Guys in Sync
Monday 7th February • The New Romantics
Mini Gay Boyfriend  is available to download now for the
iPhone and iPad (iOS 3.2 and above) from the App Store at These groups dominated the music scene in the early
a cost of just 59p. 1980’s and continues to influence pop culture now. New
The UK’s only male formation team want to put same-sex
Romantic bands such as Visage, Culture Club, Adam and
dancing on the map
the Ants, Ultravox, Duran Duran, Japan and Spandau Ballet
  had huge hits and tonight we take you back to the era of big
Guyz in Sync are the UK’s only male formation team and hair and eye makeup - and that was just the boys!
were put together 2 and a half years ago by Hadass Armon &
Heather Gladding, a lesbian couple who run a gay and lesbian Monday 14th February • Valentine’s Love Special
dance school in Islington.  They invited members of their
dance school to join the group along with other well known Love is in the air tonight, whether it be love ballads or
performers from the same-sex world of dance. just love in the song title you can be sure of getting some
  serious loving from Dino.
Guyz in Sync want to appear on Sky’s Got To Dance in order
to put all male Latin dancing on the map, entertain and show Monday 21st February • Soft Rock
the audience there are other aspects of ballroom and Latin
dancing. Featuring artists such as Queen, Bon Jovi, Whitesnake,
  Guns’n’Roses, 10CC, Bryan Adams, Peter Cetera &
The group is made up of 12 very different males and the age Chicago, REO Speedwagon, Toto, Foreigner, Fleetwood

Love Potion
ranges span four decades with a two of the guys in their 20’s, Mac, Starship and Journey. With shaggy dog style long
then the others in their 30’s 40’s and 50’s.  For the members perms, the ‘big swing’ strum of the guitar and more
being part of the group is a great social thing to do and the theatrics than your local amateur dramatic society, tonight
we will take you on a trip to rock music’s softer side.
rehearsals are filled with laughter and lots of camaraderie.  This special edition love tonic is just the thing to get hearts
When the joking around gets too much Hadass & Heather racing on Valentines Day for guilt free passion. Founder of
Monday 28th February • Almighty Records
are their to keep them under control describing themselves Firefly Tonics Marcus Waley-Cohen admits “Love Potion
as “miss whiplashes”; they comment ‘when we are training is the single thing we are asked for more than any other This is a record label founded in 1989, releasing their first
them they know we mean business” edition”. This tasty little aphrodisiac has single (Never Ending Story) in the same year. Producing
   been kept hidden for the last five years mainly Hi-NRG and pop music, the label is best known for
GOT TO DANCE exclusive to Sky 1 HD and Sky 1 because people just got too frisky! releasing covers and remixes of mainstream pop songs.
  Famously producing the “Queer As Folk” soundtrack, with
www.sky.com/dance Love Potion is a saucy blend of a number of their own artistes including Abbacadabra,
Passionfruit, Blueberry and Jasmine Natalie Brown and Jackie O. We have teamed up with
with sensory botanicals Angelica, Almighty tonight to bring you a host of dance remixes that
Chocolate and Damiana, all known you just can’t help but move to and also loads of giveaways
for their aphrodisiac qualities. from this fantastic record label.
 
The very limited edition range
will be available from Harvey
Nichols, Whole Foods, online
at Holland&Barratt and other
independent retailers until stocks
last.
BEYONCE WHATS ON
BEAUT Y MANCHESTER
AND THE
FREAKS
REAR OF THE YEAR?
So he seemed quite clever. I knew from his and decided to pull some six-packed chav
pictures he’d be arrogant, and dare I say chicken from . . . Heywood, was it? After
snobby. But I was up for that. I like a bit of letting the boy bounce on me all night and
a fight. all morning, I pulled myself from the sweat-
sodden bedsheets and found a text from Mr
In all fairness I wasn’t initially attracted Rear.
to him, looks-wise. His pictures didn’t do
him justice, I guess. It was the banter I was Okay. I’m sucker for the slightest whiff
interested in. There seemed to be a lot of of an apology. I can hate you with all the
that and I’m a person who likes to be kept anger in the world if you wrong me, but if
amused. you apologise I feel compelled to forgive. Enough Clowning Around… We’re Back Nik Denton, Jason Guy, Gregg Holden, Lee
Why? Well, to be fair, anything anyone else For Good! Yeomans, Psyche, Lawrence Clark & Andy
He was selected as Rear of the Year has done, I’ve done worse. And I always Mac For more info, photos, videos and DJ
contestant for some bar in the village last apologise and am usually forgiven. Freakshow seems to be nicely settled in their downloads go www.clubfreakshow.com or join
summer, but got drunk before the competition new home of Sub (below Cruz) after a couple the official Freakshow group on facebook.
and so naturally things went tits up. Sounds So fair is fair. of one off special events now under the belt
like the story of my life. I thought, maybe we the team are back each and every Saturday Freakshow
have something in common after all? He asked me twice to meet up again for a night to bring you the only show in town. Each & Every Saturday
drink. Explained he had been ill but was Bringing their production, lasers and gilitter 11pm until 5am
The first two dates went well. I’m normally a going back down south for a while and to the most underground clubbing space in
top but so was he, so I gave bottoming a try wanted to see his friends before he went. the gay village. @ Sub101 Princess Street, (below Cruz,
and so did he. We were horny but not filthy. We Okay, I thought. O-fucking-kay. I’ll do it. No please use Sub’s door to the left of the
slapped each other about a bit, broke a bed, more grovelling. With their inimitable upfront soundtrack Cruz101’s main door).
got carpet burns. Nothing terribly outrageous of chunky, fierce and tuff house from Djs
considering my track-record. So I met him. Everything seemed . . . alright.
Good, even. We kissed, going just the right
But then something changed. Maybe it was side of wild in the street, and I felt his cock
my honesty. I’m honest to a fault. Especially stir. He blushed. Then he told me his room
when the booze is flowing. Give me a cocktail was a mess and he had an early morning.
and I’ll admit to anything. Yes, I shagged your Which was probably a good idea, since I had
husband. Yes, I stole these sweets from a an early morning too.
baby. Yes, I killed a man.
A few days later he wrote on my wall on
Maybe I should have pretended to be Facebook, making a joke that I was common.
someone else? But the effort of being me At least I assumed it was a joke.
is work enough. Being someone else as well
would probably kill me. So he was still interested, right? Wrong. I
guess he’d asked me back on another date
He caught tonsillitis and cancelled our fourth because he just wanted to assuage his guilt.
date. Fair enough, I thought. You can’t help To end things on his terms rather than mine,
illness So I went out instead for my Canadian most probably. Except, he never did really
friend’s birthday. I drank absinthe. I was more end anything. I never heard another word.
wasted than Hiroshima after the bomb. Not a peep.

Then who should waltz into the club at 3am, That definitely stoked my fires. Tip to guys:
wiggling the almost-but-not-quite Rear of the grow a pair of bollocks and tell me you’re
Year? Okay. So I flipped a little. It’s been said not interested. Even a text would do. Indeed,
I have a short temper. Especially when drunk. I prefer to be dumped by text. The city’s
I’ve also variously been called demanding, murder rate stays down that way. But nada.
hard-work, and a handful. I’m all of these
things and more, I’m sure. Most gay men love So I got over it.
a handful, though, and we all appreciate an
honest day’s work. I guess he didn’t win anything, but he
certainly was my Arse of the Year.
So when he flashed me his swollen, flecked
tonsils, trying to prove his innocence, I slid off

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Dance Trax WHATS ON
By Jason Guy
LEEDS

We’re already into the second month of 2011, but this year looks set to be a scorcher.
Manchester’s leading gay house night has now found the perfect home at Sub (below
Cruz) in Manchester every Saturday (by far the most underground clubbing space in the
gay village) and Federation are shortly to announce their new Manchester home. Can’t
wait! As usual, you can download my monthly podcast - simply search for ‘Jason Guy’ in
iTunes or download directly from www.jasonguy.podomatic.com. If you’d like to see your
track, club, or event featured here, contact me at jason@bent.com.

Yves Larock ft Trisha


Milky Way (Millia Records)

Any song that has the lyrics “I’m on a spaceship...” It’s getting increasingly busy at the leads the Viaduct Showgirls, Raven Mandela
is going to catch my attention, as I can sometimes Viaduct, Leeds as their continuing weekly and Roxy in tributes to Burlesque, Beyoncé,
be a little bit of a sci-fi nerd. Swiss producer/DJ stellar line-up has made some punters Tina, as well as a host of other superstars.
Yves Larock has delivered this thumping, driving comment - “It’s like the northern drag The girls are ably supported by the Viaduct
juggernaut of a house track with vocals thrown Palladium.” boy dancers, Guy, Christian and Matthew
over the top by tried, tested and now regular in their revealing little pants and gyrating
collaborator Trisha. Aimed directly for peak time To prove their point, newcomer to Leeds but smooth, toned bodies.
dance floor destruction, this certainly hits the no stranger to the drag scene - the indomitable
mark with it’s spaced-out, floating vocals and Peggy Wessex – arrives with her famous Sunday night sees Timmy J Wright hits the
piano stabs. This deserves to be huge! brand of off-the-cuff comedy and starts the decks playing a selection of his and your
weekend with her Friday night extravaganza favourites and keeping the crowd going until
featuring the Viaduct showgirls. Meanwhile, the last man standing. Every Sunday also
keeping the buzz going is the brilliant Scott sees a top line-up of drag queens, tribute
Basto Kelly (Backdoor Disco, Climax Sheffield) acts or boyband wannabes leading to the Big
Gregory’s Theme (3 Beat Blue) with camp, cheese and dance classics until Night Sunday (27th February) when Peggy
the early hours. Wessex brings her full comedy show to the
OK, this might sound a bit random, but this track Viaduct stage. On the 17th Feb make a date
was originally written as a classical homage to There’s no let up on Saturday either - as in your diary to have a mesmorising time as
Hugh Laurie’s TV character (Gregory) in House. throughout the evening, Ricky Glass comperes the Ingrid Adiva’s Hypnosis Show hits the
Quite how it’s transformed into a house track the fantastic line-up offering his own take Viaduct. Look into my eyes not around my
is anyone’s guess, but it certainly destroys the on… everything… including what you’re eyes into my eyes... and be there.
dancefloor. This instrumental is a cross between a wearing – be warned! Miss Carla Jackson
SupermartXe track and the type of house usually
associated with the Swedish House Mafia. A
great piano hook, key changes and an addictive,
soaring melody. What’s not to love about it!

Patrick Hagenaar feat Jon Junior


We Feel The Same (Houseworks)

Already huge with the likes of Axwell,


Freemasons, Tom Novy and Roger Sanchez, this
release will hopefully get the commercial success
it deserves this time round. After originally being
released on on Michael Woods’ imprint ‘Diffused
Music’ and getting heavy support by the big boys,
‘Houseworks’ are now re-releasing ‘We Feel
The Same’ with superb new mixes from Label
honchos DJ Antoine & Mad Mark along with my
favourite mix from Michael Woods. Progressive,
uplifting and rocking.

Yasmin
On My Own (Ministry Of Sound)

Having signed a record deal with Levels


Entertainment and Ministry of Sound, this is
Yasmin’s debut single. She is undoubtedly one of
most original new artists to come out of the UK
for months, evoking memories of other UK music
pioneers such as Massive Attack & Portishead.
In reality, this is actually a hip-hop record, but if
you head for the Steve Smart & Westfunk Mix
you’ll find this track turned into a driving piece
of quality house music, with some of the catchiest
vocals you’ll hear for months. Definitely one to
watch for 2011.

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BITES
Return of Les Trocks
The legendary Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
returns to the UK in 2011 with a new programme of Go
for Barocco, Raymonda’s Wedding, a pas de deux and the
company’s signature piece, Swan Lake Act II.

Affectionately known as The Trocks, the company’s 16


professional male dancers faithfully bring to life some of
the greatest moments of classical ballet, displaying startling
technique. Treading a fine line between high art and high
camp, it is a fusion that celebrates both the beauty and the
essential absurdity of classical ballet. The dancers perform
en pointe in glittering tutus, combining a loving knowledge
of dance with a wicked sense of fun.
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Winners of the Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards and
the TMA Theatre Award, The Trocks’ combination of pure
comedy, extraordinary technical prowess and genuine love GayXchange, one of the UK’s biggest gay chat companies announces
of ballet have made them a global phenomenon since they its newest version of its iPhone application, since the launch over ten
formed in New York in 1974. thousand gay guys have joined the service.

The tour, presented by Dance Consortium, begins on The new features include a first if you want to search further afield,
Tuesday 8 March and runs until Saturday 16 April, for for gay iPhone apps, with FREE the new unique ‘expanding’ map
further information and simple to use opportunities to makes contacting guys in other towns
upload video and audio profiles, that much easier.
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multimedia capacity, and letting Download the new app from the

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The Merry Opera Company brings lashings of The new self-searching GPS map
sunshine this month to Highgate with its fresh and allows you to choose from those www.gayxchange.co.uk
lively production of Troy Boy, Kit Hesketh Harvey’s users closest to you! Alternatively,
translation of Offenbach’s La Belle Helene. It will then
be touring Southern England until the end of the year.

The action has been transported to suburban England


where the beautiful Helen’s well and truly fed up with
her very boring husband.  So a trip to the local Greek
restaurant and an encounter with the handsome waiter
from Troy can only lead to trouble!  In the blink of an eye
they find themselves in Faliraki, and the rest, as they say,
is history!
Director Kit Hesketh-Harvey, who is largely known for his
work with Kit & The Widow and regular panel appearances
on Radio 4’s Just A Minute, has been adapting, writing and
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MILLON DOLLAR
Inspired by the actual event, that took place on 4 December
1956 at Sun Records in Memphis, this ecstatic and engaging
musical is a story of fame, friendship, discovery, divided
loyalties, professional jealousy and incredible music as four
of the music industry’s most extraordinary talents, all in their
creative prime, made music together for the first and only time
in their careers.

This new West End musical, features over 20 classic hits


including: Blue Suede Shoes, I Walk The Line, Fever, Great
Balls of Fire, Hound Dog, Folsom Prison Blues and Whole
Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On, tells the electrifying story of the night
in 1956 when Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and
Jerry Lee Lewis came together to make music and ended up
making history.

NOEL COWARD THEATRE - 85-88 St Martins Lane,
London, Greater London
A unique
Opens: 28th February.
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Based on the stories of Bertie Wooster and his butler Jeeves Journey backstage in The Lowry alongside a homeward-
by P.G. Wodehouse, the new tap-inspired show features 13 bound traveller as he seeks sanctuary from a post-apocalyptic
delightful songs composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber with lyrics nightmare in this haunting adventure. A legend of monstrous
by Alan Ayckbourn. It is as refreshingly English as a gin and proportion explodes: fast, furious and inches away from the
tonic! When Bertie Wooster’s banjo mysteriously disappears audience’s eyes – this is storytelling in swift, breath-taking and
just as he is about to give a concert in a church hall, his quick- exhausting form. Odyssey is a thrilling and original site-specific
witted and unflappable manservant Jeeves suggests that production that tests the boundaries of human persistence.
he entertain his audience by relating the hapless romantic
misadventures of his circle of high-society London cronies. The Lowry - 1st – 12th February

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DROP THE LIME
Enter the Night
28th February

Enter the Night is the debut solo album


from Manhattan’s homegrown, grassroots
club king Drop the Lime. Visually,
Drop the Lime looks as if he’s stepped
straight from the 1950s, a style which
seeps through into his finely-wrought
dance music. But he also takes as his
inspiration UK sounds such as drum and
base, two-step garage and grime, with
a twist of Berlin house and techno. The
result is a shuddering, smoky serpent
of gang culture, late night youth and
rebellious, hammering bass. Rockabilly
and bass dominate, with Drop the Lime’s
trademark vocal growl, but instrumentals
contrast nicely to reveal a breadth of
experience.

The Art of the 12”


NEON TREES
Habits
21st February
From the original house of 12” excess, an extended remix. Where there’s high
Neon Trees are a hot new rock band Zang Tuum Tumb, Trevor Horn and his technology, there can be nanotechnology.
from Stateside. Debut single ‘Animal’ Robot Orchestra present 150 minutes of Like the extract from a previously
is still holding strong in the charts rarities, vanities and mysteries. unreleased piano interpretation of Act’s
after a million sales. Eighties pop here A year in the making, a celebration of Laughter, just to give us pause for breath
collides with stadium-sized indie rock the extended remix, for the footsteps and amidst the selection of GIANT opening
choruses. Punk and electro provide heartbeats of the connoisseur. Featuring tracks.
the backbone, but Neon Trees flesh the work of Propaganda, Frankie Goes to £9.99 – ZTT Records
it out with proper anthem energy. Hollywood, Art of Noise, Nasty Rox Inc.,
Somewhere between The Killers and Act, Instinct, 808 State, MC Tunes, Glenn To be in with a chance to win a copy
Duran Duran, with lashings of U2 Gregory (Heaven 17), Andrew Poppy, of this fantastic CD just answer this
power and Bruce Springsteen charm, Anne Pigalle, Art & Act and (lomax·). simple question:
Neon Trees make their mark. This 2CD set is also peppered with a host Trevor Horn was a former member of
of mini, hidden tracks. Because a remix which band – A. Buggles, B. Kajagoogoo,
doesn’t necessarily always have to be C. Ace

PJ HARVEY
Let England Shake
14th February

Let England Shake is PJ Harvey’s eighth


studio album, recorded in a Dorset
church, on a cliff-top overlooking the sea.
Lyrically there is a fascination with war,
with conflict and tragedy, but without
protest and always a return to the
lives and landscapes of those affected.
Musically there is a sense of magic firmly
rooted in a British aesthetic, perhaps
informed by Harvey’s choice of recoding
location (or vice versa). The melodies
arrange vernacular riffs from across the
ages, with a unique poetry tied to the
vast history of these wet little isles.

COSMIC GATE
Back 2 the Future
YOUR SONGS
7th February
As well as chart hits from Take That , listening in your bedroom or preparing
Bruno Mars, Duffy and of course the Ellie for those Valentine’s dates... tuck into
Back 2 the Future is a retrospective
Goulding version of Your Song ,the double Your Songs because they really are Your
remix of the tracks that shaped
album includes a number of   timeless Songs!
Cosmic Gate’s own musical adventures.
classics which grabbed the headlines after Out: 14th February – UMTV Records
Examples include a to-the-minute
they were sung by X Factor contestants
trance overhaul of ‘Exploration of
including Shakespeare’s Sister ‘Stay’, To be in with a chance of winning this
Space’ and an atmospheric, progressive
Gary Jules ‘Mad World’ and Fergie’s ‘Big fabulous double CD, just complete the
retake of ‘Fire Wire’. There is a wide-
Girls Don’t Cry’. Whether you’re on a title of this Duffy hit:
ranging and hypnotic selection of
school run, or snuggled up on your sofa, Well, Well, _____
remix techniques on offer here, so
whatever your poison, there’s bound

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SINGLES WHATS ON
By Adam Lowe
BREAKAGE FT. JESS MILLS
Fighting Fire
LEEDS
28th February

Breakage’s remixes and solo material


have appeared in Zane Lowe’s Hottest
Records in the World List no less than five
times in the last year, firmly establishing
him as a new talent worth rooting for.
Indeed, Zane played his remix of Clare
Macguire’s ‘Ain’t Nobody’ three times in
a row. This is an eclectic fusion of trance,
progressive and dub step, wound tightly
around the cinematic vocals of Jess Mills.
The result is a punchy, club-friendly track
best played at full volume.

HADOUKEN
Oxygen
6th Feb

It might be fair to say that Hadouken


were a bit of a sensation at a number Leeds’ biggest gay student night, Homo @ Those who still want to hear their favourite
of festivals last year and I suspect that Mission 2, has just unveiled a brand new bubblegum pop, chart and retro will be able
this lively and quirky piece of dance/ DJing line up to coincide with the launch to catch it in the main dance room but now
rock will be jumped on by their fans of its new House room, The Test Lounge. there is a new sound for regulars to enjoy.
for a bit of rhythmic headbanging. Folk Resident mix masters, Chris B and Mark “The Test Lounge is perfect if you want those
may think they are from a new band Park, will be joined by Miss B on the decks harder beats,” says Miss B. “We launched
from the darker reaches of Europe… every week. the room in December and it’s been rammed
well if you regard Leeds as that… then every week. It’s set to get bigger and better
I guess you are correct! Always nice to Miss B is a Speed Queen veteran and has within the next few months so make sure
see some originality… and this lot have played at massive gigs including the world you’re there every week to enjoy it.”
it in spades. famous Glastonbury, so promises to bring
some top quality sets to the city’s gay scene. Despite the changes, Homo will still be
MAINI Every Monday she will be bringing her own offering the same great value with all drinks
Let Me Do Your Time special brand of vocal house to The Test at just £1.50 and entry costs at £3 before
28th February Lounge, which is already proving extremely midnight. For more details, check out:
popular with the Leeds’ clubbing crowd. www.clubmission.com 
Swedish electro dance artist Maini
releases her new track in the UK this
February. This tasty slice of Euro pop
tastes of holidays and summer, and is
the perfect way to get over those winter
blues. Her crystalline voice glitters
through the lyrics penned by poet Gary
Cornman, with musical arrangements by
pop-rock-dance producer Piyasiri. This
sincere and inspired single is a perfect
pop tune.

RUBY GOE FT. POET NAME LIFE


Beat Breaking Boy
7th February

Ruby Goe delivers a zesty slice of hip-pop,


fusing urban sounds with a pop aesthetic.
The track is written by DJ Ammo and DJ
Poet, who between them have written
Kelis’ ‘4th July’ and the Black Eyed Peas’
‘Boom Boom Pow’. If that doesn’t give
you enough of an idea about how rockin’
this track is, she also did backing vocals
on Angie Stone’s epic ‘I Wish I Didn’t
Miss You’. Ruby goes for miles and then
some. Check it.

TALAY RILEY
Sergeant Smash
Out Now

Talay Riley wrote Chipmunk’s ‘Oopsy


Daisy’ and last year topped the Radio 1
in New Music We Trust list four weeks
upfront. He’s now working with the
producer behind Gaga’s ‘Telephone’, a
member of the legendary Darkchild,
H-Money. Talay, then, is the sum total
of the world’s urban cream of the crop.
‘Sergeant Smash’ is fun, saucy and
smooth, with an unforgettable chorus
and a blend of the best in pop and urban
beats.

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Back in 2002, Kylie Minogue embarked upon her KylieFever world tour– it was her 5th world tour and her biggest
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throughout the world.  That impressive show was followed by Showgirl in 2005, Homecoming in 2006/7 and most recently
by KylieX2008.

Unbelievably each tour has been bigger and more spectacular Kylie said: “Rehearsals are well underway and the show
than the preceding! Now, in 2011, she’s on the road again is shaping up to be more than I could have wished for. All
with a brand new world tour. Aphrodite-Les Folies Tour 2011 departments are doing a stellar job and the combined level of
promises to break all previous records – the show is grander expertise is nothing short of mind blowing. My friends, Dolce
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Rehearsals started in locations throughout the world before As anyone who attended any of the previous tours can attest
Christmas – Kylie is currently rehearsing with her new band in – a Kylie show is not to be missed. Much more than a concert
London; the dancers and aerialists are being put through their – a Kylie show is indeed a spectacular!
paces by not one but three top choreographers in Los Angeles;
the tech crew are putting together the props and staging on www.kylie.com
the East coast in Pennsylvania and Montreal whilst the video
team are furiously at work back in the UK. Phew!

The bespoke stage for the European leg of the tour (including
UK) is the most technically advanced, complex and precision
stage ever created for an arena. It features over a million
moving parts, including 30 high impact water jets, rain curtains
and fountains! The stage, alone costing over $10million, was
built by Tait Towers, the largest staging company in the world,
responsible for building stages for the Rolling Stones, U2,
Madonna, The Wall etc. etc. 

photos: William Baker

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MR GAY
BITES WORLD
The Mr Gay World competition is under
the spotlight because of a South African bid
to hold the event in 2012. With all the anti-
gay abuse and legislation from some of the most
GAY BOXING SHOW repressive regimes on that particular continent
who seem overly keen to align themselves with the
conservative right, it would prove a very controversial
It’s taken a while in finally organising but the first gay fight/club night
decision should it happen.
is about to take place in London. The famous white collar boxing
In an article in the Guardian it was pointed out
matches, where businessmen take on other businessmen in the
that the current Mr Gay World is South African
boxing ring, has now got more than a slight pink tinge.
Charl van den Berg (pictured) and it is his
Club promoters, music moguls, porn stars and drag
success that has spear-headed the submission.
queens of all they survey are getting together to
Coenie Kukkuk, a Pretoria lawyer who is
promote a night of boxing and music.
the director of South Africa’s bid to host Mr
The team knew this would be something
Gay World 2012, said: “The event is not a
new and fresh so, the 1st ever Gay
modelling competition. Charl is a gay role
Boxing Show has now been booked
model who gives courage to gays all over Africa
and will happen on the 15th April at
and shows them their lives are about more than
London’s ‘Scala’ in Kings Cross.
repression, torture, HIV and prison sentences.
With ‘Love Child’ running the
That message will be enhanced if we can elect
official after party back to
the 2012 Mr Gay World on African soil, where
back with the boxing,
the vast majority of governments are anti-gay
‘Lovechild’ DJ’s and
and are currently hardening their repressive
Dancers will take
laws.’’
over the boxing ring.
This year the Philippines are hosting the Mr
The 1st Fight is at
Gay World competition and online voting
8.30pm
starts on 14th February and after the final
You will be entertained
South Africa will find out if its bid was
in between rounds
successful.
with the finest models
parading the ring with
www.mrgayworld.org
the round cards. Expect
to see Johnny Anglais,
drag queen action from
gorgeous Jessica Juicy and a
few more to be listed.

www.pinkcollarboxing.com
BENT ON
By Alex Wiggan
CHER

She’s a style icon, an award winner, a trendsetter unafraid of wearing anything (or almost nothing) and she’s
had a string of hits longer than a pension day queue at the post office. She’s no stranger to the flamboyant
CHER & CHER ALIKE:
side of life, she knows what it’s like not to fit in and her outlandish attire has caused many an eyebrow to
raise and then drop off. No it’s not the muffin bluffin’ expert Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta aka Lady * Cher kicked off her career as a backup singer, before
Gaga that gets a boy weak at the knees, the gal who gets gents trembling at the tibia is actually original dark releasing her first solo recording ‘Ringo, I Love You’ in
lady Cherilyn Sarkisian/LaPierre/Bono/Allman, aka Cher. 1964. It bombed. However being the ultimate professional
Cher soon got over it and in 1965 she became an overnight
With just one name (legally changed in 1975) glamour-pop and Mermaids (1990). In Mermaids she even got it on with sensation with Sonny Bono when the pair released ‘I Got You
icon Cher has been belting out hits across the decades for so the ultimate bear, Bob Hoskins, which is nice work if you Babe’. She was just 19 years old.
long now she’s practically a pub jukebox. Famed for her daring like ‘em short and hairy! In her latest film Burlesque - she’s
still showing more than is * As well as sharing a musical career with husband Sonny,

“Ever since she stepped out of decent as she passes on the musical duo also appeared together on TV programme
her performing knowledge The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour. During the third season
to the ‘innocent’ Christina their marriage hit the rocks and they were divorced in 1975.

the shadows in the 1960s Cher has Aguilera. She’s


no stranger to the
also Three days after the divorce was finalised, Cher married
rock musician Gregg Allman, but then reunited with former
husband Sonny for two more seasons of their show.
been the ultimate showstopper” homosexual cause (her
daughter Chastity came
out as a lesbian at the * Whilst appearing on stage alongside Sonny, Cher disguised
and imaginative costume choices, Cher has transcended the age of 17) and she’s been very vocal about the hardships her nerves by directing putdowns at her husband. It worked
boundaries of time, held back the onset of wrinkles and has us homos face. Of course this has given her countless gay and she soon became known for her sardonic humour.
done so with more decorative wigs than a fancy dress shop. points on the official Gay-O-Meter which has only increased
She’s the only female artist to have had a top ten hit in five over time thanks to her loveable self-deprecating humour * Talk about having the ex-factor, as well as marrying Sonny
consecutive decades from the 1960s onwards and she’s been and that fishnet ensemble she wore whilst straddling a Bono and Gregg Allman, Cher dated Warren Beatty, had a
hitting headlines long before Lady G started strapping pork cannon during the ‘If I Could Turn Back Time’ video. With fling with Elvis and was romantically linked to Tom Cruise,
chops to her breasts in the name of fashion. If you want the more netting than the deck of an ocean trawler Cher not Val Kilmer and Gene Simmons!
sassiest showgirl, the brassiest babe and the most outspoken, only rocked out in an outfit that looked like it consisted of
most dynamic, most expressive star of them all, then Cher’s the two strips of electrical tape, she also gave drag queens the * At the age of 17 Cher’s daughter Chastity Bono came out
gal pal for you. world over endless inspiration. as a lesbian and then in 2009 Chastity announced that she
was a transgender individual called Chaz. In 2010 Chaz’s
transition to becoming male was made legal.
Ever since she stepped out of the shadows in the 1960s Cher Without Cher there would have been no Rusty Dennis, no
has been the ultimate showstopper and over a career spanning Loretta Castorini and no Alexandra Medford. There would * Cher is dyslexic and presumably wonders (just like everybody
forty-five years she’s sold over 100 million records and weaved have been no ‘Half Breed’, no ‘Take Me Home’ and no ‘One else) why the condition is so damn difficult to spell!
her way in and out of each era with more glitz and glamour than By One’. Meat Loaf would have had to sing ‘Dead Ringer
a drag queen’s tiara. In the 60s she was a hippie, in the 70s a For Love’ solo, Jack from Will & Grace would have had
disco chick, 80s a rock rebel and in the 90s and beyond a pop no one to obsess over other than himself and Bob Mackee
princess. Along the way she’s been married, divorced, married would have had countless dresses clogging up his rail. There
again and divorced again and has had a number of failed high- would have also been no Cher fitness videos, no tattooed
profile romances that have been echoed throughout some of her ass, no long running TV show with Sonny Bono and twenty-
biggest hits. Some romances may have knocked her, others may three countries would have been robbed of having ‘Believe’
have caused much heartache, but she’s always remained strong as a number one song in their charts. Cher is like the big
by slipping on a fresh wig and taking to the stage ready for her sister you always wanted and the fag hag that you just can’t
next number. It’s this gutsy attitude that has kept her ever the stand to be without, all wrapped up in high heels and a
constant professional and made her one of the most dedicated leather jacket. She’s iconic, she’s practically immortal and
divas of them all. Her farewell tour (don’t worry she’s still whenever she’s near we’re in ecstasy. Stars may come and
around) lasted for three years, which in gay years is practically go nowadays, with most abandoning their careers for quick
a lifetime and her star status has seen her command the screen distractions, but Cher was built to last and so for her as long
in films such as Mask (1985), The Witches of Eastwick (1987) as there’s music playing the beat goes on.

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BITES

Torchwood
Photo: Sony The plot of Miracle Day is the most explosive and Gwen Cooper to fight a global conspiracy
Torchwood storyline yet. One day, nobody dies. that reaches from Washington to Wales and
All across the world, nobody dies. And then the the slums of Shanghai whilst Bill Pullman,
Spider-hunk next day, and the next, and the next, people
keep aging -- they get hurt and sick -- but
best known for his big screen roles such as
While You Were Sleeping and Independence
they never die. The result: a population boom, Day will take on the role of Oswald Danes,
For those unlucky enough not to have yet whore – a prostitute for hire, which I guess overnight. With all the extra people, resources a convicted child killer who survives his own
seen the pre-publicity pics from the latest is the most crass but maybe the most honest are finite. It’s said that in four months’ time, execution to become the most infamous man
Spider-man epic, new boy in tights, British way to describe it.” We’re having a whip the human race will cease to be viable. But on the planet.
actor Andrew Garfield, seems to have filled round in the office to see if we can afford him this can’t be a natural event – someone’s got
that spidery suit to perfection. Bye-bye Tobey but meanwhile, the new movie from Sony to be behind it. ER and Lie To Me star Mekhi This highly anticipated new series is set for
and a big welcome to the guy who once is scheduled for summer 2012 release….. Phifer will play Rex Matheson, a C.I.A. July transmission.
referred to acting as like; “… just being a which seems way too far away. operative who joins forces with Captain Jack
Corrie! favour

Jonathan Harvey, who is probably best know to gay theatre goers as the man responsible for the
play Beautiful Thing, which was also made into a successful film, takes the writing reins for a new
comedy play called Corrie! He’s written over 100 episodes of Coronation Street so, when asked
by the show’s producers if he fancied the idea of writing something for the 50th Anniversary of
the show, he jumped at the chance. When it was first produced at the Lowry - Corrie! was a huge
success with audiences and critics alike and Coronation Street’s creator Tony Warren described
the play as “an insider’s affectionate romp through 50 dramatic years.”

How did you feel when you were first asked to write for You have a great reputation for writing one of the Corrie! launches in Cambridge on the 10th Feb but
Coronation Street? most ‘gay’ plays ever - ‘Beautiful Thing’, how do you then goes on a nationwide tour
I felt very excited. I’d been asked twice before but I’d feel now that it has become something of a classic
always had something else on, a play or some TV like and is performed all over the world?
For further info: www.corrietheplay.com
Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, so when they asked a third time I I feel really proud. It’s like having a child who’s done
thought, they might not ask me again, so I agreed. When I well. I never thought in a million years, as I sat on my
started they were just doing the story about Todd coming bed and wrote it, that it would still be performed all over
out, so to join the show at a time that I personally found the place 18 years later. It’s an absolute joy that it has
very exciting was great. done so well.

Did they want a more ‘gay’ angle on that storyline? What was the reaction when it first came out?
No, no, it was already up and running and I just fortuitously Well, to begin the response was very, very lukewarm and
arrived just as it was happening so, my first line was: the reviews were very mixed but just good enough for us
“Sarah… I’m gay.” So, no I wasn’t brought in for a gay to get a tour. Then the reviews were about 70% good and
angle… and besides… there are enough bloody gays on the 30% crap but once we came into London, things changed
team they don’t need me. (Laughs) It’s the campest show and they were universally good. Some reviews have said
in the world. it was a rose-tinted view of the world but, yer, I’ve had
some letters from young gay people over the years… and
still do via facebook… telling me how it has helped them
You’re obviously a fan of the show so who are or were come out… so that’s nice.
your favourite characters?
My most favourite would be Blanche Hunt… Deidre’s
mum… I always enjoyed writing for her. Boom Bang-a-Bang wasn’t perhaps the stage hit it
should have been (although we loved it) are you still a
fan of Eurovision or are you now more of an X-Factor
When did you come up with the idea for a Corrie stage type of guy?
show? I like the X-Factor but I’m still a massive Eurovision
I didn’t come up with the idea… it was invented by ITV and fan. For my 40th birthday my friends and family clubbed
Phil McIntyre the producer as part of the 50th Anniversary together to send me to Moscow… so I went and saw the
celebrations. They asked all the writers on the programme Eurovision Song Contest… so yes… I’m still a fan.
if anyone was interested in doing it… I said I was and
ended up getting the gig. So I can’t lay claim to having
engineered the whole thing. Was it as good live as you hoped it would be?
It was brilliant… one of the best nights of my life…
amazing… I cried when it started.
Isn’t there just too much storyline over the 50 years to
condense to just two hours?
There certainly is. I asked to see a list of the top 5 Other than Corrie! What else new can we
storylines from each year of the 50 years and reading that expect from you?
I saw the same names kept cropping up - which were Ken I’ve written another play called
Barlow, Deidre and Gail Platt, so I thought they should be Canary, which is about history of
my main characters. I thought if I tell their stories and gay people in Britain in the last 50
then pepper it with minor character who were major on the years, and the BBC have taken
show, like Hilda Ogden, who was fantastic but never had a that up and might be making
page-turning storyline, it was a matter of including their it into a drama series. Also,
comedic scenes into the drama. I’ve just got a book deal with
a publisher for my first novel
so, I’m keeping myself out of
Now the stage show has a very small cast… trouble but nothing, other
Yes… there are five or six actors and there’s about 80 than my Coronation Street
parts… they are not from the TV programme but we will be writing, is definite.
having several different Coronation Street ‘familiar faces’
throughout the tour playing the Narrator.

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BREAKING DOWN TO BE
BROKEN IN!
They always say that brand new cars are best Time to make a move, I thought, as I
and that you should never rely on old ones! explained that I was gay and am a gay porn
actor – but that I was also totally interested
Well, I’ve recently discovered that old cars in machines and cars. It was a comment that
can have their advantages – and in the most clearly got his attention, as he began to ask
unexpected of ways! After all, they have lots of questions about making porn movies,
breakdowns – and, as I found out last week, what it was like to fuck cute twinks on a set,
what looks like a big minus can quickly and how big my knob is. It was obvious at this
develop into a great opportunity! point that he was also gay, which only left the

“He used and abused me - then


complained afterwards!”
As you all know, I’m really in to cars. They’re question as to how I was going to shag him.
strong, big, full of power – and, like boys, After all, one glance at him told me that he
they’re even better if they’re young and was not the sort who would take kindly to
fresh! Unfortunately, the disadvantage of just being told to shut up and open his ass so
new cars is that they always seem to be at that I could fuck him!
the garage being serviced whenever you
need them – which helps explain why I was This guy has a really big surprise for me,
recently driving the old car that belongs to though. Just a few minutes before we
my neighbor rather than my own vehicle. As reached Prague he pulled into a quiet
a result, I broke down right in the middle of parking lot, turned to me and said:
“nowheresville”. “Let’s do it now. This is the last quiet
spot before we get into the city”.
With the next village about 20kms away and Believe me, he didn’t need to make the
with another 100kms to go before I reached suggestion twice!
my destination (Prague), I phoned the rescue
service – courtesy of a sticker with all the What quickly became apparent was
helplines on it that was posted next to the that this guy was a bit of a dab hand
steering wheel. Seems like this wasn’t the when it came to sex, with everything
first time the damn car had broken down! prepared in the back of his truck
ready for the next fuck. There were
I had to wait for about an hour for the service blankets, towels, condoms, lube …
van to show, and when it did it didn’t exactly even a pillow. Why, it looked as if
fill me with hope. The van itself was arguably I’d suddenly been dropped into
ten years older than the broken heap I was some sort of sex dungeon! Still, I
driving, whilst the mechanic was a fresh- wasn’t going to complain.
faced, 20-year-old twink!
This fellow was no beginner,
It was obvious from his questions that this that’s for sure – in fact, he
guy didn’t have a clue how to repair engines: was a veritable sex machine.
Have you checked the fuel? Do you know Wow! He even managed
what’s wrong? Why, even my grandmother to teach me a few tricks
has more knowledge about the workings of that I’d never heard about
the automobile than he did! As a result, all before – and which I won’t
we could do was pick up the car and tow it be forgetting in a hurry.
back to Prague. What’s more, the bitch had
the nerve to tell me that he
During the course of the drive I asked him expected more from a porn
why he didn’t have any knowledge about star! He used and abused
cars – after all, it’s a pretty vital aspect of me – then complained
being a car-mechanic! – and he explained afterwards! Still, there’s
that he’d jumped in for his brother, who no denying the fact that
was too busy with his girlfriend. He told me I thoroughly enjoyed the
that he wasn’t the slightest bit interested in experience.
technical stuff at all, and was just happy to
take the opportunity to leave the flat he lived Needless to say, all this has
in because he couldn’t stand the screaming made me think that it might
of his brother’s girlfriend whilst his brother be a good idea to start driving
fucked her. older cars instead of buying
brand new ones, and that I
I hate girls, he added – which was the very should consider joining a car
moment that my gay radar switched on! rescue service. After all, you never
know when – or for what – you
He was about 20, slim and sporty-looking, might need it.
with long brown hair and a bright smile
of white teeth. Taking off his jacket I http://exclusive.johan-volny.com
recognized a light air of eau de cologne;
whilst his fingernails were clearly manicured
and had no dirt in them at all – unheard of in
a mechanic!

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FL I P FO R C H I P
is Chip Tanner
Randy Blue’s Newest Star
By Trevor Blackenship

When Chip Tanner first appeared on Randy Blue, no one expected he would cause such a stir. Sure, he has an adorable face, winning
smile, and a body honed to tight muscular perfection from his years as a gymnast, but so do many of the Randy Blue boys. It was
two things in particular about Chip Tanner that caught the attention of porn fans. His foreskin – deliciously odd for an All-American
boy - and his declaration that he is ‘mostly straight’ while admitting to a curiosity for bottoming.

We’ve heard it before, especially bottoming, so I had an idea of what Do you have dreams of competing Besides a body of steel,
from the younger generation of it’d be like. I suppose it was pretty on a national level? what do you offer?
guys who tend towards a more much how I imagined, a bit faster I’m largely self-trained and have A body of rubber as
fluid view on sexuality than older and rougher than how I play with no plans to do it competitively. It’s well. In other words,
gents. But Chip Tanner wasted my toys. (laughs) basically just a hobby for me. I’m very flexible,
no time fulfilling his curiosity, oh la la! I’ve also
flexing his toes way into the air and got a quirky
throwing them over his head for Would you ever do it again?  What was your best apparatus personality which
Justin Blakely. Now that he’s done Oh yeah, I already shot two more event?  I guess you either
the deed, has Chip Tanner’s mind bottoming scenes, one with Andrew Everything I do is on the floor. I love or... well,
changed about what team he plays Stark and one with Jarrett Rex. don’t train conventional gymnastics. you’ll hopefully
for? Is the gymnast stud stretching They should be on Randy Blue I basically train whatever I think tolerate.
the truth or is he simply flexing his soon. looks cool which includes some
right to remain unlabeled? elements from gymnastics, some
from martial arts, and even some Did you ever fool around
Where did you grow up?  with another gymnast on
How did a seemingly innocent from breakdancing. Gymnasts have
I spent most of my life in Fresno, very flexible bodies but they rarely the pommel horse?
young guy like yourself find your California.
way into porn? have flexible minds. They limit If by “pommel horse” you
themselves to specific skills done actually mean a thoroughbred
I had a very sexually repressive in specific ways. I don’t like to horse and by “fool around with”
childhood, yet I was always really Can you tell us any fun stories
that may have hinted at a future put myself in a box, I prefer more you’re specifically referring to a
horny. First I got into stripping freedom of expression. threesome, then hell the fuck ya
as a way to break free from my career in porn?
I have! ...I should also mention I
repression. Soon enough, Howard I remember when I was 11 years have a nutty sense of humor.
Andrew found me on Youtube and old, I was masturbating and I You could have signed with any
got me with Randy Blue. Of course put my wiener in a vacuum hose studio.  Why RandyBlue?
the money is great, but I wouldn’t because I thought the sucking When I was first offered to do What do you look for in a
do it if it wasn’t something I believe would feel good. I was right, it was porn, I didn’t know much about partner?
in. I’m all for sexual freedom as totally awesome! the different companies other than Anyone that’s hot and horny!
long it’s consensual. that Randy Blue was one of the Asides from that, I guess I like
You’re not cut, which is unusual top paying, so that’s originally why someone that’s into athletics like
You said in your first Randy Blue for an all American boy.  I went with them. Now that I’ve me and they’d definitely have to
film that you were straight.  Is been working with them for about have a nonjudgmental personality
My parents simply thought it was a year, I’m very satisfied with my if they’re going to hang around me
that your story and are you a cruel and unnecessary procedure.
sticking to it? choice. Not only do I get paid well, for any significant period of time.
I agree with them on that and am but the whole staff team is very
Sexuality is so complex and glad they left me intact. When I professional and very cool, and
complicated; I have a hard time was born, circumcision was the I’m given a lot of freedom in my What would fans be surprised to
putting a label on myself. It’s not norm in America, but these days personal life. Many companies put learn about you?
always so black and white as to it’s actually becoming the norm for restrictions on their models. Plus, I can jerk myself off using my feet.
simply say “straight, gay, or bi”. parents to leave their sons intact. I’ve met and have become good I guess that’s not too surprising
I definitely have a preference for friends with some of the Randy coming from me.
females, but I guess I’d call myself Blue boys, so it’s been great!
try-sexual at this point, because I A lot of uncut guys say
like to experiment. that growing up, they were To see more of Chip Tanner, visit
embarrassed of their foreskin. Is there anything that you won’t RandyBlue.com.
I made a whole video on the topic do on film?
Have you always been an and put it on Youtube. Basically, I
exhibitionist? Well, if love really knows no
was clueless about circumcision boundaries, then I guess I’ll do
Yeah, pretty much. I like attention until I got to 8th grade. When people anything!
so I can be an exhibitionist in both found out I had foreskin, some
sexual and nonsexual ways. made fun of me, which confused
me, so I did some research. With Would you date a porn star?
my newfound information, I had I don’t discriminate, I just
Was your film with Justin Blakely confidence and I told people that
the first time you ever bottomed masturbate... in other words, sure,
foreskin is natural and fun and I’d date anyone I like, I don’t care
with a guy? there’s nothing wrong with it. Most what they do for a living or what
No, before that I bottomed with people actually listened to me and social class they belong to.
Chad Hollon and I did a flip- were really cool about it after that.
flop with Nicco Sky and Porter So in the long run, having foreskin
Wescott. has been largely a positive thing If you were someone else, would
for me. you date you?  
In your first film, you expressed I’ve got a better question: If I could
an interest in trying it.  So How long have you been training clone myself, would I date me? The
was bottoming everything you as a gymnast? answer is like totally! I’ve got a
thought it would be? unique personality and a hot body,
I got into gymnastics training when I so why not? Plus the incest thing
I had played with anal toys before was 16, so it’s been seven years now. would be a sexy bonus.

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“I wouldn’t do it if it wasn’t something I
believe in. I’m all for sexual freedom as long
as its consensual.”
NORTH KOREA
ES
TERRY GEORGE TELLIN’ STORI

The travel bug got to me again recently and I found myself on a plane to China. It’s one of those places that I really wanted to visit; see the Great
Wall, take a look at that Bird’s Nest stadium that served as the focal point of the last Olympic Games and to stand in Tiananmen Square where
back in 1989 possibly the most iconic protest was ever staged. Then, a lone protester carrying his shopping stood in front of advancing tanks and
stopped their progress. That image has never left me, or the results of that action, which made China a very scary and oppressive place to live but,
as an outsider, I still wanted to see the spot where this unbelievably selfless act took place. However, these days things in China are changing little
by little, opening up and letting foreigners and locals mix, exchanging thoughts and ideas… but only to a certain extent.

I’ve recently visited Cuba and pervasive. The excursions were felt somewhat cheated as I like to rejects many characteristics of or even be allowed to, although
was impressed by the people, in government vehicles, with meet the locals. I continued to be the popular gay culture in the I must say I’d missed the huge
who had nothing but still had government guides who were frustrated, like when I questioned West, which many perceive to annual spectacular and colourful
an unbelievably Latin spirit of well versed in the ‘brilliant’ our guide about taking photos embrace consumerism, classism gymnastic display, an event
making the most of things…even attainments of their glorious… he said there were absolutely no and promiscuity.” that features thousands upon
if the county’s leaders still seem past, present and future leaders. restrictions… yet there patently thousands of people.
a little paranoid and I thought They seemed unbelievably proud were. Even the soldiers turned North Korea, officially the
that China would be much the of their vast monuments to the their backs and hunched over Democratic People’s Republic Since my return I’ve spoken to a
same. It isn’t. China is a very struggle the country has been hiding from my inquisitive but not of Korea, appears to be like few people about my experiences
wealthy country and even has through but the sad fact is that imposing lens. many other countries that have and I’ve read about others who
the obligatory McDonalds in the those monuments are the only democracy in their title… the have visited this strange country.
capital but despite the chilly visible sign of anything achieved The North Koreans have in their least democratic places around. This year’s I’m A Celebrity – Get
weather, the people themselves in this dismal country. The hotel constitution no laws against We weren’t allowed to meet Me Out Of Here contestant, and
were anything but. I stayed in was vast but had few homosexuality but they also have or even see past the organised all round funny man, Dom Joly
other occupants. Even to my rather nothing for gay people. It’s not itinerary of events, mausoleums, has written a huge amount about
However, I was given the unsophisticated taste-buds the that it doesn’t exist but it isn’t statues and tributes to the ‘great’ his experiences and I urge you
opportunity to visit another food was boring… and I spent a acknowledged so gay people grow beneficent leader that was, is and to read what he says about the
‘closed’ country, and, as it was fortune at their local ‘super-store’ up with their feelings but have to always will be Kim Il-sung, who country… it is funny and very
on my list of ‘must see’ places, buying some produce. There was subjugate it and marry someone after his death, was declared insightful.
jumped at the chance of a trip nothing there except jam, which of the opposite sex. Here’s what to be the country’s Eternal
into North Korea. cost loads but I was desperate to the official North Korean site President. The North Koreans
spread some on toast as a change says: don’t have an organised religion
A flight from the Chinese capital from the noodles that seemed to but an ethos that is called Juche,
Beijing to the North Korean be the only constituent of every www.korea-dpr.com which teaches that “man is the
capital Pyongyang had me all meal. I also paid approximately “Due to tradition in Korean master of everything and decides
excited about just what to expect. $25 for what I thought was culture, it is not customary everything”. Alas, it would appear
With the thoughts of my Cuban yoghurt but tasted like goat’s for individuals of any sexual that a man is master of everything
visit still whizzing around my sperm… and I normally only pay orientation to engage in public and decides everything. Also, I
head I was expecting much the $4 for that (I joke - you are short displays of affection. As a country never got to chat to anyone to find
same but, in a display to show how of laughs in this country). When that has embraced science and a different voice either offering
open the place is, we had to hand the guides were asked to change rationalism, the DPRK recognizes approval or denial of this claim.
our Iphones in at the Immigration the itinerary, even in a minor that many individuals are born with
Department, to be collected on way, it was almost impossible. I homosexuality as a genetic trait It was very strange returning
our way out. All our trips were asked about taking photographs, and treats them with due respect. to China. For all my misgivings
pre-organised and it was very even of people working out in Homosexuals in the DPRK have about China and the oppression
difficult to get any deviation from the fields but it was suggested never been subject to repression, and secrecy I thought I’d find
any planned visit. We didn’t meet that I shouldn’t and when asked as in many capitalist regimes there it was like the most
a single ‘local’ – they were around “Why not” was told that the around the world. However, open society in the world
and ‘working’ but the feeling that person 100 yards away in a field North Koreans also place a lot compared to where
everything was prearranged and who probably didn’t know of my of emphasis on social harmony I’d just been. I’m not
totally for our benefit was all existence “… might not like it.” I and morals. Therefore, the DPRK sure if I’ll ever return,

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TAKING ON A ROLE
Steve Callahan is rapidly making a name for himself as an actor dear to lovers of gay movies. He’s appeared or starred in some of the
best and most respected titles in recent years and his latest role is set to win him even more fans.

In Role/Play your character is the older East Side Story - By far, this is the movie homosexuality and religion. It is the most Alternatively, is there a part you’d kill to
love interest… as a gay man does this that I get the most fan mail about. People important thing I’ve ever worked on. have… or something you wish you were
development worry you… even a little really love this movie. I knew we were asked to do that no director or script has
bit? making something really special when we Pornography: A Thriller - I absolutely love yet come up with?
Not at all. In 2010 I got offered two of were filming. I loved the cast and have this film. This is the movie that I met my I want to do an action movie really badly. I’d
the best roles I’ve ever had. Besides Role/ such great memories. It was my first lead boyfriend on, so it changed my life forever. also love to do a horror film.
Play, which you mentioned, I was cast in in a movie. The movie sat on the shelf for So I guess this movie wins as my favourite
a film called Abrupt Decision about a man a couple of years, so it was exciting to see because it brought Matthew into my life. What else can we expect to see you in this
who is fired from his job and goes through it become such a success after it finally year?
a mid-life crisis trying to figure out what to got distribution. When it won the GLAAD Who, apart from your partner was your 2011 is going to be an exciting year for me.
do with the next stage of his life. Both of award, I got to go on stage (along with Charo favourite co-star? I have three films coming out: Role/Play,
those characters were really well written, Toledo, the co-screenwriter) to accept. It James Brandon, who played Jesus opposite Abrupt Decision, and Corpus Christi: Playing
complex men. As an actor, what a treat! was such a thrilling night. my Judas in the play Corpus Christi. We did with Redemption. For all the latest news
the play for four years, starting as strangers and release dates, people can check out my
Your character is that of a famous soap Role/Play - What a magical experience! I and ending as family. We made magic website:
star who is straight in the show but has had wanted to work with Guest House Films together on stage and changed lives. His
just hit the headlines for being gay… because I am such a fan of their films. Rob performance blew me away every night for www.SteveCallahan.com
do you know others in the business who Williams (the writer and director) wrote four years.
worry about this particular prospect? such a smart script and gave me such a great and join my Facebook page:
Absolutely. Unfortunately, Los Angeles is character to play. But best of all, I got to act You’ve been asked to do sex scenes, fight,
full of gay actors who are playing straight opposite Matthew Montgomery, who is not kiss… but is there anything you’d draw www.facebook.com/SteveCallahanActor.
and afraid to come out of the closet. For only my boyfriend in real life, but is also the the line at?
me personally, I just can’t imagine living most talented actor working in film today. I I’ve never done full frontal nudity. If it were
my life any other way than completely loved every minute of that experience. just in the context of the movie, I’d have Role/Play
authentically. no problem. But we live in a very strange
Abrupt Decision - Paul Bright (the writer digital age where everything is captured Two young gay
I’m not sure if it’s as a big a deal to be gay and director) offered me this wonderful, forever. When actors do nude scenes, they men, both on
and famous here in the UK than it is in challenging character to play. The character are added to websites where people look at the run from the
the US, or, as a particularly ‘out’ gay man is in all but a couple of scenes. I was really a single frame of the film and comment on tabloid press,
yourself, do you see it differently? honoured that he trusted me with the part. actor’s penis. That is just too weird for me. meet in a Palm
I don’t know what it is like in the UK, so It was the first time that I was on location Just a personal choice that goes beyond my Springs resort
it wouldn’t be fair for me to compare. But filming in a different state (Texas) where I comfort level as an actor. in Rob Williams’
I can tell you in the US that we are in a didn’t know anyone before filming began. new film Role/
time of change, where barriers of sexuality The script called for me to constantly be Play. When
are changing. As public opinion and legal working with dogs, sometimes as many as a hunky soap opera
protections begin to change, attitudes in dozen in the scene. I really had a blast. star Graham
Hollywood are following. Windsor (Steve
Corpus Christi - For four years I was part Callahan) is outed as the result of a gay sex
You’ve made several gay movies now, of the International Tour of the Terrence tape scandal, he seeks refuge at an exclusive
which was your favourite to work on? McNally play. We were filmed for an Palm Springs resort. But quiet anonymity
Each experience is so different and my upcoming documentary called eludes him when handsome marriage-
favourite is always the one that I’m Corpus Christi: Playing equality activist Trey Reed (Steve’s real life
currently working on, so I don’t think I could With Redemption. partner – Matthew Montgomery) checks
pick a favourite. So how about if I narrow it The play challenges in to escape the fallout from his own bitter
down to a few that have been special people to look at divorce. As an undeniable passion begins to
to me? sizzle between Graham and Trey, they force
each other to confront their professional
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FILM
By Chris Amos

MOVIE
The Fighter Out 4th Feb

Christian Bale gives an Oscar-worthy performance as


Dicky Ecklund a former boxing legend that squandered
story of these two brothers who, against all the odds, come
together to train for a historic title bout that will unite
BUZZ
District 9 director Neill Blomkamp’s next film Elysium is set
his talents and threw away his shot at greatness. Micky their fractured family, redeem their pasts and, at last, give
100 years in the future, will star Matt Damon, Jodie Foster
Ward (Mark Wahlberg), his half brother, is the struggling their hard-luck town what it’s been waiting for: pride. A
and District 9’s Sharlto Copley.
journeyman boxer who spent his life living in his big must-see film.
brother’s shadow. The Fighter is the inspirational, true
MGM has officially set a November 9, 2012 release date for
James Bond 23 with Sam Mendes (Road to Perdition) set to
direct and Daniel Craig set to return as 007.

It was recently confirmed Warner Bros. will pay the entire


cost of the two instalments of The Hobbit, a price-tag that is
expected to exceed $500 million. Many of the original cast
are returning including Elijah Wood, Orlando Bloom, Andy
Serkis, Cate Blanchette and Sir Ian McKellen.

David Cronenberg has cast Robert Pattinson in the lead role


of his upcoming film Cosmopolis. Pattinson will star as Eric
Packer, a financial wunderkind who risks his entire fortune
to bet against the yen on a tumultuous day. His deed puts
him in the crosshairs for assassination in a drama that is a
study of capitalism in a slightly futuristic metropolis.

Rhys Ifans stars as the 17th Earl of Oxford, Edward de


Vere in Roland Emmerich’s Anonymous, a pic that marks a
Sanctum Out 4th Feb
slight departure for Emmerich from his disaster epics he’s
come to be known for. In Anonymous the story centres on
The 3D action-thriller Sanctum, from executive producer Queensland, Australia, Sanctum employs 3-D photography the long rumoured theory that de Vere actually wrote the
James Cameron, follows a team of underwater cave divers techniques Cameron developed to lens Avatar. Designed to plays of William Shakespeare. The film has been described
on a treacherous expedition to the largest, most beautiful and operate in extreme environments, the technology used to as something of a political thriller set against the backdrop
least accessible cave system on Earth. When a tropical storm shoot the action-thriller will bring audiences on a breathless of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I (Vanessa Redgrave),
forces them deep into the caverns, they must fight raging water, journey across plunging cliffs and into the furthest reaches of and the Essex Rebellion against her.
deadly terrain and creeping panic as they search for an unknown our subterranean world.
escape route to the sea. Shot on location off the Gold Coast in

I Am Number Four Out 23rd Feb

Three are dead. He is Number Four. D.J. Caruso (Eagle his guardian Henri (Timothy Olyphant), John is always the destiny. John (Alex Pettyfer) is an extraordinary young man,
Eye, Disturbia) helms an action-packed thriller about an new kid with no ties to his past. In the small Ohio town he masking his true identity and passing as a typical student to
extraordinary young man, John Smith (Alex Pettyfer), who now calls home, John encounters unexpected, life-changing elude a deadly enemy seeking to destroy him.
is a fugitive on the run from ruthless enemies sent to destroy events—his first love (Dianna Agron), powerful new abilities
him. Changing his identity, moving from town to town with and a connection to the others who share his incredible

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TEN THINGS
YOU DIDN’T
KNOW ABOUT
MATT
DAMON
Never Let Me Go Out 11th Feb 1. Was in a relationship with Winona Ryder (December
1997-March 2000).
In his highly acclaimed novel Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro Knightley) live in a world and a time that feel familiar to us, but
(The Remains of the Day) created a remarkable story of love, are not quite like anything we know. They spend their childhood
2. Dropped 40 pounds for his role as a Gulf War vet in
loss and hidden truths. In it he posed the fundamental question: at Hailsham, a seemingly idyllic English boarding school. When
Courage Under Fire (1996).
What makes us human? Now director Mark Romanek (One Hour they leave the shelter of the school and the terrible truth of
Photo ), writer Alex Garland and DNA Films bring Ishiguro’s their fate is revealed to them, they must also confront the deep
hauntingly poignant and emotional story to the screen. Kathy feelings of love, jealousy and betrayal that threaten to pull them 3. Dropped out of Harvard 12 credits short of graduating to
(Carey Mulligan), Tommy (Andrew Garfield) and Ruth (Keira apart. pursue his acting career

4. Both he and Ben Affleck worked as extras on the film


Field of Dreams (1989). At one point during the shoot,
Matt took some blades of grass from the field as mementos
for his father.

5. He is of Scottish, Finnish and English descent.

6. Named “Sexiest Man Alive” by People magazine in


2007.

7. Turned down the role of Harvey Dent in The Dark Knight


(2008).

8. One of his first movie roles was a one-line part in Mystic


Pizza (1988) starring Julia Roberts. Later, he starred with
Roberts in Ocean’s Eleven (2001).

Gnomeo & Juliet Out 11th Feb


9. Quit smoking after visiting a hypnotist in L.A.

The greatest love story ever told, starring...garden gnomes? as their quasi namesakes when they are caught up in a feud 10. Named Hollywood’s “best value” by Forbes Magazine,
In Gnomeo & Juliet, Shakespeare’s revered tale gets a between neighbours. But with plastic pink flamingos and with his films making $29 (US) for each dollar he is paid
comical, off-the-wall makeover. Directed by Kelly Asbury (co- thrilling lawnmower races in the mix, can this young couple (2007).
director of Shrek 2) and showcasing both classic and original find a happy ending? The film is Brit made and has a great
songs by Elton John including a duet with Lady Gaga, the Brit sensibility to it. Is feel good and worth the price of a
film features the voices of James McAvoy and Emily Blunt as cinema ticket.
Gnomeo and Juliet, who have as many obstacles to overcome

Howl Out 25th Feb

The story of Allen Ginsberg’s masterful poem and the graphic novelist and Ginsberg collaborator Eric Drooker.
subsequent obscenity trial that ensued, Howl weaves together The poem seemed especially outrageous in 1950s America
3 strands of the story: imagined interviews with James because it depicted both heterosexual and homosexual sex
Franco as Ginsberg recounting his inspiration for the poem, at a time when sodomy laws made homosexual acts a crime
the resulting court case and the poem itself, animated by in every U.S. State.
PRID E I N T H E S U N

2011 is the 10th Gran Canaria, a round volcanic


island in the Canaries, middle
Tuesday hosts the Camp Attack
party fundraiser, Huge PARTY
of the Atlantic Ocean, off the !!! It rounds off a day of
Anniversary coast of Africa, is the perfect
place to enjoy Europe’s
PINK – Pink Tuesday is our
Breast Cancer Awareness Day.

of GAY PRIDE annually first Gay Pride – WHY


? It has the Sun, 345 days a
year, glorious sandy beaches,
Wednesday 12th is the official
Giant Pool Party with Mr Gay
Gran Canaria Competition –
Maspalomas. ancient historical architecture
and mountain villages, and lets
1,000 men squeezed into their
trunks at the Las Walkirias

To celebrate
not forget the men – oh the hotel. Thursday is AIDS
men. As Europe`s leading Gay Awareness Day ! Beginning
Tourist destination, Playa del with BLUE – Sponsored by

this unique Ingles in Gran Canaria is always


swarming with men, but Pride
RICKYS Cabaret Bar, Drag
With No Name (Scott Burey)
brings an extra 100thousand leads us through and afternoon
Pride, on !!! In recent years, there has
also been an increasing Lesbian
of comedy shenanigans,
followed by in the evening the

the beautiful and Transgendered boom. ACES show, our Charity show
raising funds for our local AIDS
Pride starts with the Opening and HIV Charity.
island of Ball on 6th May on the huge
Terrace of the Yumbo Centre, Then the big 3 ! Friday 13th

Gran Canaria, followed by a dance session


on Saturday leading into a
retrospective show, featuring
is the International Drag Gala
Competition, Huge Prizes,
Guest Stars; Soraya and Sam
this year, the Hazell Dean, Angie Brown and
Jose Galisteo. Sunday opens
Solace. Saturday - Street
Dragathon World Record

festival is 10
with the Lesbian Pool Party, Attempt, followed by the
including the Ms Lesbian Gran Huge Street Parade, Then
Canaria Competition, with the 10thousand people dance

days long. DJ`s, go-gos and acts including


Jo Frances, Laura Harding
session followed by the final
free concert; Tight Fit, Jo
and Patricia Kraus. Sunday O`Meara, Adam Rickitt, Dunia,
has another free stage show Junior, Danny Ullman, Carol
in the Yumbo, the Island Night, Jiani, Ruth Lorenzo to name
featuring regular visiting acts half ... more big names to be
to the island and local artists; announced. Sunday 15th is the
Tania Alboni, Scott Dean, Eva Closing Party – A huge Dance
La Diva and Wayne Newton. Session PARTY – Thousands
squeezed into the Yumbo with
Monday 9th May – sees a return top DJ`s Zak Hadley, Johannes
to the normal Pride week with Naumann and Closing Pride
street entertainment by the will be Dani TORO and all the
Canarian Samba Band and the sexy e-sensual dancers.
e-sensual dancers and acrobats.

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KEY WEST me!
...and the day Elvis kissed
By Gordon Hopps

It was many years ago when I first went on a trip to Key West and I absolutely loved it.

The drive from Miami airport, down through Homestead and on to Highway US1, the Florida Turnpike, which takes you all the way
south to the very end of this vast country is very exciting. Once on the Keys the journey down the a hundred and odd miles is most
spectacular and, with Key West as the ultimate destination, the drive can be shot through so quickly that you miss out on some
splendid experiences.

On this trip I planned a slower journey. this elegant and up-market little complex There are many terrific gay owned and The marvellous thing about Key West
Once in the car I drove down to my first opened up to the Gulf of Mexico for a truly operated businesses in Key West, indeed, it is is that it certainly caters for its gay
stopping point in Key Largo to do something wondrous sunset. It was like a view from said that without its gay population, nothing guests. The gay only sunset cruise is
I’d always wanted to do - I booked into the best tropical photo-shoot ever and I would happen on this small, but influential, wonderful to see, couples (and groups
Dolphin Plus (www.dolphinplus.com) immediately fell in love with the place. isle. There are many superb, award winning of guys) happily kissing and toasting
and organised a chance to swim with these gay guest houses to chose from - all seem each other’s health while watching the
intelligent mammals. What an absolute In the early morning sun I set off south laid back and well equipped, some near to sun go down. The same company - Blu Q
treat. I spent an amazing couple of hours and enjoyed the journey stopping off at the action on the main drag, Duval Street, (www.BluQKeyWest.com) under the
watching and then swimming with two of various places of interest to see, or eat … while other are slightly further out and more direction of Captain Steve and his crew -
these ever-smiling creatures, Elvis and check them out on the travel guide as it is private in nature. There is a place for just also organise gay snorkelling, sailing and
Nico. The lifted me, they splashed me and a great shame to speed past them without about every taste and I booked into the 24- island adventures (occasionally naked)
at one point… Elvis kissed me… a memory at least a look. Many people have waxed hour happening that is Island House (www. should you want to stay with your own
that will stay with me for a very long time. lyrical about Florida’s Keys and I would islandhousekeywest.com) at the top of kind. The mood is always relaxed and fun
also like to add my own accolade to the Fleming Street. This is an all-male complex and if you’re lucky like I was on my trip,
sheer architectural achievement of the with everything; gym, sauna, Jacuzzis (inside you may be accompanied by a couple of
way all these wonderful little islands have and out), heated pool (that never closes), bar, dolphin pods as you lazily sail around the
been linked together. Those early pioneers restaurant, internet… and a video room for bay. Being gay in Key West is the norm…
and later technical bods have produced those who like to explore with their fellow so everywhere on this island it’s OK to be
something that would not disgrace being guests. It’s a clothing optional establishment gay… and although there are no specifically
included in a more up to date version but don’t let that worry you, two minutes gay beaches, there are areas where all
of the Seven Wonders of the World. after I nervously arrived I was frolicking the boys go to toast their skin that lovely
Thanks to these bridges you’re skimming in the pool naked myself. The view from my shade of brown. Just ask at the desk or get
high above where two huge bodies of water window was also stunning. All the staff are hold of a copy of the Gay Key West map
meet in a kaleidoscope of blues, greens and friendly and very helpful; as they are in all (www.gaykeywestfl.com) to get your
turquoise. Where little mangrove islands bearings.
So as not to rush my journey south or host birdlife and the crystal clear sea offers
drive through the dusk (and miss all a chance to glimpse coral and a multitude Along Duval are the main gay bars where
the astounding views as you go over the of aquatic creatures… it’s a lot to take in… drag seems to be very popular - Aqua and
many interconnecting bridges) I stayed so don’t rush that drive to the southernmost 801 - although you can escape the feathers
overnight at the wonderful Casa Morada tip of America. and sequins at any number of watering
(www.casamorada.com) on the next Key holes that make up this hectic street… like
down, Islamorada. Just off the main road, When you do arrive in Key West you’ll the Bourbon Street Pub just across the
know… as you can’t go any further without road from 801.
getting very wet. The place is, and has
been, a playground for the rich and famous Eating delicious food is also no problem
for many years. The likes of author Ernest whether you go local or international:
Hemmingway made his home here, as
did the playwright and all-round gay god, Perhaps an early morning breakfast at
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tourist centre but still maintains many of the gay resorts, so don’t be afraid to ask
its charming characteristics and for the gay them for advice, directions or to book your or try one of the best prime steaks I have
visitor in particular is an ideal spot for a exciting gay activity. So whether naked or ever eaten at Duffy’s –
vacation. clothed… this is a terrific spot to start your www.duffyskeywest.com
Key West experience.

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rave reviews, Flaming Bouy Filet Co www.keywestbearfest.com
www.theflamingbuoy.com - You’ll never Tropical Heat –
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many of the restaurants are gay owned and
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Bone Island Bare it All -


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Womenfest –
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An interesting fact that I didn’t know was


that Key West is actually a translation from
Spanish-speaking people who used the
term Cayo Hueso - it literally means “bone
key” so a trip of the fun ghost tour
(www.ghostsandgravestones.com) is a
There are many other gay events, such as must.
the weekly gay trolley ride but throughout
the year the island also offers huge events To get a brochure and map telling you of
that attract thousands and thousands of gay all the things you can expect from this
visitors. brilliant sun-drenched piece of heaven:
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My thanks go to all the staff at Florida


Keys & Key West tourism and in particular
Stephen Smith www.keysvoices.com/lgbt/
for his organisation, help and friendship
during my visit.
Nigel welcomes you to the

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Legends Bar. be some of the most up to date technology on
the south coast. Monday to Thursday there’s
Monday to Saturday there’s a great new spring and summer a mix of new DJ’s including some of the best
menu featuring the best food you’ll find on Brighton’s gay scene. new talent on Brighton’s club scene.
Coming back for the summer are Legends fantastic gourmet
burgers and gourmet sandwiches but now they’ve added some All drinks will be just £2.50 all the time,
great gastro pub style food. Legends chef also has some special quality brands all at great mid week prices
surprises up his sleeve so be sure to check out their specials Sunday to Thursday. and FREE ENTRY all
board every week. With lunch from as little as £3.50 there’s week who can but quibble at that.
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Also from March The Basement Club (below Legends) goes 7 seems to be the perfect place for a week night
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drinks deals and new nights starting Tuesday 1st March. That’s Phew, with all this on offer there really isn’t a
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The guys at Legends are mid-way through a re-vamp of the


Basement Club which includes a state of the art lighting rig
NO RT H E R N STA R

This month thing for Newcastle in that it attracts a


huge range of gay people from just about
Metrocentre which still lays claim to being
the largest shopping centre in Europe so
opens every night and packs in a couple of
thousand over four floors and in November
every walk of life (excuse the somewhat there are no excuses not to compete with the a brand new venue calling itself Boulevard
Geordie tenuous but nonetheless embarrassing Dire
Straits reference). The young, affluent and
locals and look fabulous. Still, for those of us
who don’t always dress to impress and prefer
will also open its doors; an unashamedly
glamorous combination of cabaret, drag and

boy Gareth huge student population help with this and a


diverse range of local ghetto and the uber-
cool mixes together; Cheryl Cole lookalikes
Primark to Paul Smith and our diet coke
with house special vodka rather than Sailor
Jerry there are lots of bars that attract an
burlesque this is demonstrative of just how
far gay Newcastle has come and the direction
it is headed in.
Longstaff strut the streets by day, and by night they
gyrate next to bespoke aristocratic hotties
interesting mix of queers and a very eclectic
and still fairly discerning crowd. The oldest Activism and awareness are also part of the

takes us on a
from the University (Princess Eugenie bar on the scene is The Yard which hosts landscape and the help and network group
studies here and resides in the nearby suburb karaoke and is often a starting point for both Mesmac offers a huge range of support in
of Jesmond). gay men and lesbians whilst others such as relation to sexual health, mental well being

guided tour In terms of the gay social and cultural life on


One, Twist and Heavens Above fill the gap of
passing through for a swift one. The Eagle is
and acceptance. Northern Pride also is the
organised gay pride events all summer long
offer there is something for all of us, although in the city and the aim is to expand this so it
of Newcastle the main destination in the city is just west
of the Central Station in an area that has
is on par with much bigger and well known
pride celebrations. Beyond the conventional

upon Tyne and gradually expanded to about 20 gay /lesbian


venues. Known locally as The Pink Triangle, it
gay scene some very tolerant establishments
such as As you Like it and Mr. Lynch’s in
follows the logic and power of the pink pound Jesmond and Hyem in Heaton are more
what it has to and ticks all of the boxes in terms of clichés
and cliques as well as offering a cross section
chilled out and relaxed; great for food and in
many ways less intense. Also just a 10 minute

offer... of alternatives. Locals and tourists tend to


populate the bars, clubs and restaurants from
Thursday to Sunday and the students call the
bus ride from the city centre pubs such as
the Cluny and the Tanners go for a more
bohemian and gig-focussed scene. Check
In the last decade or so Newcastle-upon- city their own during the week, saying that out the Star and Shadow cinema (opposite
Tyne has more than successfully shaken everyone tends to mix and the once clearly The Tanners) which have regular gay nights
off its reputation as a straight, macho and defined pockets of gay and straight are and film showings, they also run a queer film
aggressive place where inebriated slag’s fall bleeding into one another more and more; collective club.
out of taxi’s and wide boys slurp on Brown- how far this is appealing or problematic a bar which offers the bear and fetish crowd
Ale in theme pub after theme pub. The city is up to you and if you only want GAY you a sleazy and sexy time and there are dark Bars such as The Forth, The Dog and Parrot,
has always had a unique but somehow isolated can certainly get it. For drag-queen camp rooms and a downstairs cruising space. Along restaurants like The Salsa Café, Gusto, Café
identity, and Geordies have been accused of and cheese try Eazy Street, Bank Bar and with Number 52 Sauna next door and the Paradiso and other newly established club
portraying themselves as an inherently tribal Switch which are packed to the plasterboard nights such as the gay run POKE at The Kings
lot who are too far removed and out of touch Manor and Dragnet at the Cut are incredibly
with their Southern (and indeed Northern) open, stylish and slightly less stereotypical
neighbours. However, this has now changed; in terms of their gay clientele. A jewel in
the notion of it still being ‘grim up North’ the crown of gay Newcastle life which has
and the associations with deprived working welcomed the community for decades is
class bigotry have gradually disappeared The Tyneside Cinema and the splendid
and it now sits comfortably a long side many coffee rooms – a well informed, quirky and
of its well known Northern counterparts sexy crowd tend to be drawn to this space
such as Manchester and Leeds to represent which offers another option to mainstream
all that is emblematic of a post-industrial, recently opened REM sauna on Blandford venues. So then, Newcastle does just what it
cosmopolitan, edgy, vibrant and incredibly Street. It means if the beer gets you horny says on the tin; there is very little in terms
friendly gay city. Still to many of us it may with pretty boys, handsome men and often or your Grindr isn’t working you are not far of pretence or elitism, instead you get an
seem a bit out of the way. gangs of straight girls who have become away from the next bit of casual fun. The honest, warm and pretty unique sense of a
disillusioned with what the mainstream bars main nightclub is The Powerhouse which city which demonstrates that far from being
It is the last major port of call before you have to offer them. Transient fashion trends grim, it is, as any local would tell you, purely
reach Edinburgh or Glasgow and it stands and high-street chic are big news in this neck belta.
out in comparison to the other smaller and of the woods and recent developments in big
very local gay scenes in Sunderland and brand stores and savvy little boutiques offer For more information visit -
Middlesbrough. Surprisingly for a region some of the most eclectic retail therapy in Newcastlegay.co.uk
so clued into regeneration, history and the UK. Fenwick menswear department
education even close-by tourist destinations for most designer labels and a shiny new
such as Durham and York totally lack any TopShop really stand out as do locally run
real sense of gay social life and dare I say places like The End, Union and Leaf. Just 10
community! Paradoxically this is a great minutes on a shuttle bus and you are at the

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FITNESS
It happens to everyone. All of a sudden a moment of motivation, determination and
genuine desire to (really this time!) change your lifestyle will hit. For most people
(like me) this feeling has to come and go many times before actually succeeding
with the goal. It happens again and again because somewhere along the way, from
all-consuming ambition, to actual results, the plan falls off track.

Over the years of training myself, and my Developing a positive routine is challenging
clients, I’ve noticed the causes for not at first, but once you get into it, you’ll wonder
achieving goals: how you ever lived without exercise. Pick
specific days, times and duration to guarantee
Too a regular schedule.

Ambitious No Results
Is there really such a thing? YES! If you have Nothing is more demotivating than
never exercised and have been eating poorly, working your ass off and receiving no
and then all of a sudden you vow to work out results. Anyone exercising will achieve
six times a week and eat nothing but chicken quick benefits such as improved well
breast and vegetables, you will have a hard being, lower stress and better sleep.
time sticking to the plan. For one thing, you However, most people are working
will be very tired, sore and the sudden caloric toward a specific goal, and when this is
decrease will make you cranky. not met, it’s likely to quit before trying
to determine the cause. There are many
factors that could be stunting results:
Instead of jumping to the ideal lifestyle, don’t not working out hard enough, long
think you’re wussing out by taking your time enough, and eating too much or not
to get there. It’s more beneficial to ease the the right foods. It could also be a
body into exercise by giving the muscles a simple matter of body composition
chance to “wake up,” and screen yourself for changing and not seeing results on
injuries or limitations. I recommend changing the scale, even though change is
your diet but don’t become discouraged when indeed happening within the body.
everything else is healthy but you’re not
ready to pack a bean salad for lunch, and still
picking up food court pizza. It will all come A fitness programme has an
together eventually! element of trial and error. It’s
important to try different
No things to figure out what
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Having a plan is the only way to reach goals. alone. If you still don’t see
It’s like driving. You wouldn’t try to find your the results you are looking
way to a new place without a map, and just for, hire a personal trainer
“wing it.” You’re not going to just drive in and/or nutritionist to guide
the general direction and hope you make it. and advise along the way to
By saying that you’ll exercise three times a your fitness success.
week but not dedicate a time and day to that
workout, it won’t take long before a week
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Do at least one good deed and let some old guy suck your
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ADVICE

THAT FAmILY MOMENT Is That Discrimination?


Once you have found that special somebody a promising way for your family to meet the A campaign by the UK’s leading advice  
and are happy in the knowledge that ‘this is it’ love off your life. That first impression may agencies is helping people to become more Discrimination is a problem that people are
often thoughts turn to whether to introduce well be the one that sticks and dictates any aware of their rights as budget cuts and least likely to know their rights on, or the
him to your family. This can turn out to be future relationship between you all. redundancies loom. procedures involved
either a monumental disaster or the most   Almost two thirds (64%) per cent of people
rewarding occasion you will ever go through. Get comfortable. The ‘Is that discrimination?’ campaign with a discrimination problem who did nothing
When that time comes, just make sure you Don’t forget, this is a huge event for helps people tackle unfair treatment and wanted to act but felt unable to
are both ready… here’s our check list. all concerned so don’t blow it by being therefore protect themselves and others. Only one in three people (37%) with a
overbearingly demonstrative, let everyone Its Plain English award-winning guides and
Is he ready to meet them? get used to the idea first before you start information can help people quickly and
Talk with him well in advance, reassure him and feeling your partner up on the sofa. Talk easily:
be absolutely sure both of you are comfortable and involve him in the family chat, sharing  
with the idea and the potential outcome. a few anecdotes of your own in as humorous • Understand what discrimination is
Look out for warning signs that it might not way… if at all possible. Let him volunteer to • Recognise when someone might be
be the correct time: hesitation, resistance help in the kitchen, if he feels comfortable discriminating against them
or uneasiness. It may be an uncomfortable to do so, sell your partners good points but • Work out what their rights are discrimination problem obtained advice, and 
situation for both of you, so both of you need to try not to make it all sexual… they may not • Find out where to get help 17% handled the problem alone.
be prepared and on the same page. be that interested in the fact he has a huge  
cock. Take it easy and integrate slowly. Research shows that a third (32.8%) of There are specific anti-discrimination laws
Have you given your family enough warning? those who have faced discrimination did protecting people from unfair treatment
Talking about him and broaching the subject If the whole thing looks like it’s going nothing about it.   But as Theresa Harris, because of the following factors:
about a possible visit will give you an idea of tits-up. ‘Is that discrimination?’ project manager,  
the lay of the land. They may be OK with you Count your losses and have an exit strategy explains, many don’t fully understand what Gender
being gay but to see that gayness in the form of worked out. Have a ‘safe’ word or phrase constitutes discrimination. Transgender
a partner who you are bedding, might be a little that says… it’s time for us to go and make   Marital status
bit too much. Tell them how much he means to then make your excuses and leave. Perhaps “It’s vital that people are aware of what Sexual orientation
you and hope that they will feel the same way. trying again at some other date. counts as discrimination. If people don’t feel Disability
However, look for those warning signs (see confident in recognising unfair treatment as Age
above). If everything is going well. discrimination they won’t take action to put Race, colour, nationality or ethnic origins
It will be an emotional turning point for both a stop to it.  We regularly hear from people Religion or religious or philosophical belief
Don’t just arrive with the boyfriend. you, your partner and the family… thank who have suffered because they don’t know  
It might seem all well and good to ‘be who you them for their acceptance. Even though it what their rights are or how to enforce A range of information and guidance on dealing
are’ but to arrive with a boyfriend in tow and would be nice, you can’t take acceptance for them.” with discrimination is free to download online
more or less demanding they accept him is a granted so enjoy the moment. at
dangerous game to play with both the boyfriend The research, conducted by the Public Legal www.isthatdiscrimination.org.uk
and your family. You may have accepted that Meeting the family is a huge step but Education Network, also showed that:
you’re gay years ago, but for family it might now it’s your turn to meet his… are you
come as a shock. Being caught off guard is not ready?
Info for the young
Many teens already rely on their mobiles and Brook and leading youth charities including

Cruising for the sex you for social networking, downloading music
and playing games. But more and more are
YouthNet. GoGetInfo has also consulted with
the Department of Health and there’s been
now using them to access information, too. feedback and detailed direction given by
want GoGetInfo is a pioneering mobile information
teenagers via focus groups.

Do you find it difficult to approach men you service for young people that’s responding to
fancy? If so, you’re not alone. For lots of gay   ‘Cruising for the sex you want’ includes this need. The downloads are intended for young people of
men, making the first move is scary – whether advice on how to make the first move, start 12 and over. At the beginning of each download,
it’s in a bar, club, sauna or a public place. conversations, cruise online, and prevent the For the first time, sending a single text to users are asked to click on their age range
Cruising online can be just as tricky. If you transmission of HIV and other STIs. There are a dedicated number will give them instant before they can move on to the content: 12-13;
sometimes find it difficult to pick up men, or also some comments from other guys about access 24/7 to confidential help and advice on 14-15; 16-18; or 18+.
end up having sex you don’t want, then look out their experiences of cruising, some of which one of the top 10 issues they’re likely to face,
for GMFA’s latest booklet, ‘Cruising for the sex might be similar to yours. including:
you want’.   
  • where to get emergency contraception
GMFA has included lots of tips on how to boost You can also download it online at www. • how to use a condom
your confidence and develop your cruising skills. gmfa.org.uk/cruising • what to do if they’re being bullied
Staying safe and in control is important, so you’ll • how to get help for self-harm
find plenty of advice on talking about safer sex,
asking for the sex you want, and saying no to the GoGetInfo works by delivering a package of
sex you don’t want. practical text content, images and video clips to
mobiles using WAP technology. Its makers have
  Matthew Hodson, Head of Programmes at worked with technology partner O2 for two
GMFA, comments: “Cruising can be tricky for years in research and development.
lots of men and sometimes they end up having
sex with guys they don’t really fancy – or having All the topics have been extensively researched,
sex which isn’t as safe as they’d like. We hope with content provided, or checked and approved,
this booklet will help men overcome their fears by experts at the sexual health charities FPA
when cruising, stay in control and stay safe.”

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Going live
Due to the greater acceptance of homosexuality (not a bad
thing by any means) the numbers of people hitting the gay
scene has declined. Add this to the fact that the economic
climate has left us with all with a financial hangover and you
get a state where the LGBT pubs and clubs are struggling and
competing more than ever to survive.
GayWakefield hopes to buck this trend and stop the
fragmentation of Wakefield’s LGBT community before it is
too late. GayWakefield.com, Twitter, YouTube and Facebook
hopes to bring the Gay community and Scene together in one
place and under one banner.

GayWakefield.com goes live 05.02.11!

Leeds Gay Community @ 40


One of Yorkshire’s longest running
Child sexual exploitation (CSE) and the sex industry is a awareness session to over 8000 boys and young men in Leeds gay social organisations, the Leeds
topic that everyone seems to be talking about at the moment. and Bradford, supported over 250 boys and young men on a 1-2- Gay Community (LGC) celebrates
Many people tend to think about girls and young women 1 basis and trained over 2500 professionals. its 40th anniversary this year. To
becoming involved in sexual exploitation and boys and young celebrate this milestone the present
men are often neglected. The BLAST Project is also planning to undertake research committee is keen to invite former
into prostitution/sexual exploitation in the Leeds area which members and friends to an evening
The BLAST Project (part of the Yorkshire MESMAC Group of will compliment the project’s existing research “Men and Boys of socialising and celebration of this
services) is a charity based in Leeds and Bradford supporting Selling Sex in the Bradford District”. remarkable achievement at the
boys and young men who are being, or at risk of being sexual Cosmopolitan Hotel,
exploited. This includes young men who are selling sex and/or http://www.mesmac.co.uk/blast/research/blast_research.htm Leeds on Saturday
working as escorts. 2nd April. Admission
To find out more about the BLAST Project you can visit the by ticket only will be £12.
The BLAST Project is one of very few services that works only website at: Further info is available on
with boys and young men and not only provides 1-2-1 support www.mesmac.co.uk/blast the website:
for service users, but also provides specific sexual exploitation
training, aimed at professionals, with a focus on boys and young You can also phone or text Phil, the project coordinator on www.leeds-gay-community.org.uk
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LOVE TORPEDO
By Les Lea

Adrian has the biggest and thickest dick never leave the bed and I find out just
I’ve ever seen. Well I mean in real life, how inventive, forceful, imaginative and
not some humongous thing that you see vigorous he can be. Work on Mondays
in some porn films that would scare the are often a butt clenching ordeal as
horses and make them feel inadequate. memories of what we’ve recently done,
No… Adrian’s is fantastic; straight, and how often, have left me sore, stiff
thick, hairless, un-cut and with a silky and with the impression he is still firmly
shiny bulbous head. He always knows stuck up there. Yes, his ‘Love Torpedo’
how to show off his impressive bulge as doesn’t just leave others devastated;
his clothes fit him only to emphasise his I am often in the same boat, damaged
groin. He’s a good looking guy too but but limping along hoping to find a safe
knows he has something special between berth. I’m making him sound selfish but
his legs and, should that day come when he isn’t really, it’s just that I have never
his looks fade, his cock will always be learned to say no to him. He treats me
there. He is so proud of it and likes to use so well, we get along brilliantly and in
it almost non-stop and, as his boyfriend, all honesty, I love his huge dick. I love
I can tell you that I get a great deal of the fact that it’s mine when I want it so,
work from its silky thickness. Mornings I have to accept that my butt is his when
before he goes to work, evenings as soon he wants it.
as he comes in and nights before we drop
off to sleep, his cock pushes and probes When we’re on holiday and he’s sitting
into each and every orifice, frantically by the pool or lying on the beach, his
reaching a friction induced climax that packed but ancient Speedos are always
takes us both over the edge and near an attention grabber. I’ve seen both
collapse. guys and girls injure themselves while
peering at that tell-tale bulge while not
He never gets tired of using it because looking where they’re going. Even if he’s
he simply thinks that God has given him dozing in the sun, his cock has a life of
it for a reason and not to use it would be its own; throbbing and squirming around
a sin. He is very definite in his ways. He under the thin nylon. It seems the heat
knows what he wants and made it clear encourages it to do amazing things;
from the moment we met that he wanted pushing the fabric up or out, often trying
me… and that I should be prepared for to escape the waistband, outlining its
a sex life that rivals no other… and considerable mass and becoming a
he wasn’t joking then and still isn’t. hazard to those who just can not believe
When we have threesomes, foursome or their eyes. I once asked him why he
moresomes… I get off on the surprised didn’t wear the more trendy baggy
look on whoever is on the receiving end shorts to the beach and he just smiled:
of his terrific ‘love torpedo’ - my pet “It wouldn’t be half as much fun.” He
name for a thing that could cause a great knows that it can become a real talking
deal of damage if not handled properly. point and we’ve been followed back to
I never feel jealous because I also enjoy our apartment on many occasions. The
the ideas he comes up with. I am proud of girls get a polite brush off, while the
my boyfriend on so many levels and the guys get to try it out for size!
fact that he always has enough energy
to make sure I am satisfied is more It could change some for ever but
than enough for me. Mind you, there most will never forget their ‘Love
are times when I could do with just a Torpedo’ experience.
little less attention. Some weekends we
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Aries (Mar21/Apr20) 
will know what to do. The good thing too is: you do! And
very soon the matter will be resolved. Your partner and
other loved ones have been feeling a little left out of late
AQUARIUS (Jan21/Feb19) 

Your love life picks up now. This will be due in no small measure with you having been so busy. Arranging a get together this The chance to earn some extra cash may not be as
to your irresistible charm and sparkling personality. If you’ve week will be just the boost your relationship needs to bring appealing as it was when you first heard about it. The job
been uncertain yet hopeful about a current relationship, Aries it back to life. you are asked to do will take up more of your spare time
your instincts will be bang on target. You may have had that than you anticipated. If it seems like the effort won’t be
certain special feeling that someone’s going to play a big part
in your life in the future and events this will confirm this to Libra (Sept24/Oct23) 
worth the pay, suggest someone else might do it instead.
Commitments are starting to stifle you. Fortunately, others
be true. If you already have a partner and there have been a do understand your free spirit and those who love you will
few misunderstandings lately, this is an ideal time to patch up You’re in a right old muddle when it comes to your
be giving you the space you need, this week,
your differences. relationship and you can’t quite see how or why you
to do your own thing.
have got there. You may have ended up in a love triangle

Taurus (Apr21/May21)
and you didn’t intend for one relationship to grow so
meaningful. Or some confusion has occurred between you
and your lover and you have no idea what has caused the
You’re frantically busy during the first half of the week and misunderstanding. As long as everything remains unclear,
in an odd sort of way, you will thoroughly enjoy this. When you will feel miserable. It’s time for a heart to heart don’t
you eventually pause for breath you might suddenly remember you think?
something you’ve forgotten to do for someone. Because this
will have been important to them, their disappointment could
result in some sort of power struggle. The earliest opportunity SCORPIO (Oct24/Nov22)
you get to find a way to resolve this and make it up to them,
the more harmonious life will be! Facing up to home truths is difficult for many people and
what you would rather do is hide your head in the sand when

Gemini (May22/June21)
it comes to a certain issue. A close and loving relationship
is getting rather complicated. You’re getting out of your
depth especially if it seems like your partner expects you
If you and your lover aren’t seeing each other as often as you to make a long term commitment you aren’t yet ready for.
normally do, you might feel you aren’t getting your feelings Be honest, set matters straight and if they’re prepared to
across very well. Quick conversations leave you thinking so go more slowly, the relationship just might have a chance.
much has been left unsaid. You’ve always been good with
words so why not write a love letter traditional style with
paper and pen? Expressing all your thoughts and emotions SAGITTARIUS (Dec22/Jan20) 
through the written word will help you get it all off your chest
and your lover will understand you better. There’s a lot of excitement in the air. Mental rapport
with others seems to be almost telepathic. You and your

Cancer (June22/July23)
partner or a close friend will instinctively know what the
other is thinking. If you put your intuition to good use you
may even be able to arrange something special for a loved
If a partner’s complaining your relationship lacks spark, they’re one without them asking for it. Whatever your decisions
in for a big surprise. You’re about to show them how romantic concerning your career, everyone is behind you. You even
you can be! A heated argument could lead to a passionate have your boss eating out of the palm of your hands.
encounter between the sheets or in the most unlikely place!
You’ve always been imaginative and you will come up with
CAPRICORN (Dec22/Jan20)
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE 31/01
some great ways to spice up your love life. A friend is moody

CELEBRITY
and uncooperative these days but only because they envy your
affair. Although you have plenty to do and it’s going to be a
squeeze to fit it in, there’s a social get together being

Leo (July24/Aug23) 
arranged that you won’t want to miss. A contact you
make while attending this function could help increase AQUARIUS
your chances for a successful conclusion to a long range
A loving partnership enters a new and more intimate phase. enterprise. If you have a partner, take them along with you. 21/01 Geena Davis 05/02 Jennifer Jason-leigh
You’ve always valued our independence but you’re also finding Even if you aren’t in the mood, be hesitant about crying out 22/01 John Hurt 06/02 Bob Marley
yourself being drawn into activities that will bring you closer of activities that could help your future. 23/01 Rutger Hauer 07/02 Ashton Kutcher
than you have ever been to a certain special someone. You’re 24/01 John Belushi 08/02 Seth Green
in the mood to arrange a little surprise to demonstrate your
true affections and your partner will be over the moon. Buying Pisces (Feb20/Mar20) 
25/01 Alicia Keys
26/01 Bridget Fonda
09/02 Mena Suvari
10/02 Roberta Flack
a lottery ticket or entering competitions could bring you good 27/01 Wolfgang Mozart 11/02 John Barrowman
fortune. The only hitch in the smooth routine of your life is when 28/01 Elijah Wood 12/02 Christina Ricci
an older friend or housemate tries too hard to influence 29/01 Heather Graham 13/02 Robbie Williams
Virgo (Aug24/Sept23)
your opinions. They seem set to continue meddling in your
affairs and though it’s because they care, it is starting to
irritate you. If you would prefer to make your own choices
30/01 Christian Bale
01/02 Lisa Marie
14/02 Simon Pegg
15/02 Matt Groening
Priestley 16/02 Ice-T
There’s a problem that has been passed around from pillar and decisions, ask them politely to keep out of it. They may 02/02 Shakira 17/02 Joseph Gordon-Levitt
to post. No one seems any nearer resolving it. That’s why it not like it but at least they will start keeping their thoughts 03/02 Daniel Craig 18/02 Matt Dillon
is you who people are turning to now. They seem to think you to themselves! 04/02 Natalie Imbruglia 19/02 Seal

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